Author Topic: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.  (Read 5065 times)

Omar

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Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« on: October 26, 2009, 07:50:09 AM »
Everyone's favorite website has apparently been hacked.  Some ninth-rate David Lightman infected it with some sort of malware that may be harmful to the computers that access it.  In the coming days co-founder x amount will be looking into this hideousness in an attempt to eradicate the destructive whatevers.  I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good. 

While there is no evidence that any published content has been compromised, who knows what the restoration process might entail.  As Simon Cowell once said, perhaps Recidivism will have to be ripped up in order to start again.

If you have any tips/information about who did this, please contact Nancy Grace or Jane Velez-Mitchell over at HLN. 
"Let's have a device-a-thon, just you and me." -- Montgomery Davies

Chris L

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 08:01:32 AM »
That sucks.  Recapping is even more of a brutal racket than I thought.  Fortunately, the culprit has likely posted a detailed summary of his crime somewhere, complete with embedded youtube clips and bonus Polvo mp3s.  

yesno

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 08:03:09 AM »
I bet you're running Wordpress.

Martin

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 08:09:00 AM »
That sucks. I hope every little thing on there can be saved.

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 08:12:56 AM »
I bet you're running Wordpress.

Sounds like someone just volunteered to be sys-admin!

yesno

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 08:21:19 AM »
I'd rather rip my eyes out, but this is good advice:

http://www.idlewords.com/2009/09/how_to_not_get_your_blog_hacked.htm

Omar

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 08:41:21 AM »
I bet you're running Wordpress.

I've heard tale of Wordpress-based hackings.  In this case it is MovableType.
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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2009, 09:13:49 PM »
Whatever shall we do?  Wherever shall we go?






I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2009, 09:15:00 PM »
And this on the day GeoCities dies.

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2009, 09:42:29 PM »
This has happened to me before and I know the feeling. I hope for a speedy recovery.

Meanwhile, there's this archive.org snapshot:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080402103449/http://www.recidivism.org/
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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2009, 10:06:10 PM »
I like being warned.
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 10:13:53 PM »
I like being warned.

Do you just waltz in nonchalantly ignoring the warning, Brave Sir Buffcoat?
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Omar

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2009, 10:27:36 AM »
That sucks. I hope every little thing on there can be saved.

x amount is working on it, and there appears to be hope in a restoration sans significant distress/damage.  I believe the worst-case scenario would be an extensive manual effort to clean/restore the site rather than any actual lost content.  A malicious thingie was appended to the code of some thing on various pages and such.  The person who did this is the lowest form of filth, and I will hunt them down like Liam Nissan in Taken.
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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2009, 12:32:43 PM »
I like being warned.

Do you just waltz in nonchalantly ignoring the warning, Brave Sir Buffcoat?


Mostly, my dear FR IXX.

I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: Recidivism Weblog: A warning and a lament.
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2009, 06:59:51 PM »
As a FOT and a fan, this angers me. As someone with an MT blog, it also terrfies me.
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