Comments on: David Airey Gets Hacked and Hijacked

By: Markk

Markk — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:11:40 +0000

That's a scary thing for website owners to be hacked in this fashion. It only goes to show we are vulnerable to this kind of attack. Markk's last blog post..Mama, Don't Let Your Baby Grow Up To Be Bloggers - Or How Not To Blog Your Way Into The Doghouse

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:16:30 +0000

I’d have hoped the host company would help out more, but c’est la vie.

Mike, that’s great that you’ve subscribed to my feed. Let me know if my future content isn’t up to scratch.

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By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:51:41 +0000

That makes sense David I guess, but you’d think the host would see what happened with your site and figure out that they got taken for a ride by a hijacker, but still.

Hey, you are taking it well and I hope you get everything back to normal.

If anything, you have a new subscriber in myself

Good luck.

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By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:16:58 +0000

You're very welcome, Jason. It's the least I can do to return the favour. Now if only I could get that MyBlogLog avatar working again. There are so many little details like that I now need to fix. David Airey's last blog post..David Airey.com hacked

By: Jason A Clark

Jason A Clark — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:45:24 +0000

Thanks, David, for taking the time to visit our little neck of the woods and for clarifying the details of the “hijacking.” Good luck getting everything back up and running.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:35:56 +0000

Hi Jason, and thanks so much for helping to spread the word!

It’s been a learning experience, and I seem to be having quite a few of those this past year. Onwards and upwards eh? Things like this only make you stronger in the long run, and next time it won’t be so easy (although the hacker might not agree).

Mike, as far as my host company are concerned, it was me who asked for my domain to be unlocked, and for the necessary details to transfer it. The hacker posed as me, so I can see that there’s not a lot my web host can do about it, sadly.

Scott, thanks for commenting too. My web host is in the US, so don’t blame us little’uns in the UK.

Thanks again guys.

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By: Jason A Clark

Jason A Clark — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:21:25 +0000

Obviously, I agree. I don’t know why he has to go to court. He even mentions that the hacker didn’t have the correct password to access his email but was still able to do it somehow. Crazy.

By: Scott Williamson

Scott Williamson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:02 +0000

Wow, that's unreal. I agree with Mike, where's the hosting company in all this? I would have to think they could fix this. Maybe it's a UK thing. Let's hope karma bites the little bastard in the ass Scott Williamson's last blog post..What to do with the Christmas bonus

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:51:14 +0000

That's pretty horrible and too bad he has to go through court proceedings to do it. You'd think his hosting company would just give it back to him knowing what happened. Mike Olbinski's last blog post..Scrubs? janitor to get a real name