Blog hacked?!
If you’ve visited sakri.net/blog in the past month or so, you may have noticed some weirdness… Disappearing posts mainly, posts with commenting off, inquisitive guests may even have witnessed a long list of spam links in the source
At first I thought the ‘incredible disappearing post’ was just a human error (me editing spelling mistakes and accidentally deleting an entire post). The second time around, with no edits, I figured something was wrong. That, accompanied by a sudden barrage of spam comment candidates appearing in my inbox. :mad:
Turns out Akismet had been deactivated.
wtf? How?
Then, somehow magically about 100 links were inserted at the end of my 360flex post. Again, wtf? how? I checked phpmyadmin to find a few extra posts, with some very random content.
So, I updated wordpress, and changed my password. Let’s see if this post will also join the ranks of ‘incredible disappearing posts’. (I now save backups
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As a most disturbing afternote, my domineering position at the top of google search for the term “sakri” has been overtaken by the wikipedia entry on sakri (apparently the New York City of India) and some social networking site called batchmates?! Do not underestimate the fierce battles that rage for this top ranking position and the endless bounty that is to be had by the victor. I’m 100% certain my demise was caused by the list of spam links… not to worry… like Aaaahnold, I’ll be baaack… I have a sneaking suspicion about the identity of this hacker… look out wikipedia and batchmates, I’m onto you!!!!
UPDATE: AAARRRGGGHHHH…. so, no links to man medicine, but posts they still are a disappearin’…. WTF?!!! Is there a cron job inserted into my WP that removes my latest post once a week? What have I done to deserve this? Does FSM delete my posts with his noodly appendages?! (which would be an honor). Wordpress 2.5, here I come…
