Spam injection hack: Upgrade and tighten WP now!

ronnie · 2008-04-17, 04:46 PM

Sorry to hear it, I know your pain and frustration. Seems there are assholes that think they are so cool, or think it's fun to mess up peoples businesses.

I don't understand what they get out of it, guess to show off their skills? I probably don't get it because I am not a hacker. The one that got me the last couple times, was just some Weird Islamic message. Not like they were making money off the hack.

Looks like I need to do some more reading.

Bill · 2008-04-17, 08:34 PM

Damn - that might explain why I'm suddenly seeing more spam comments in moderation in one of my mainstream blogs.

I was wondering why akismet wasn't killing the stuff.

What was the offending file? is it always the same file?

2008-04-17, 04:46 PM	#1
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	Sorry to hear it, I know your pain and frustration. Seems there are assholes that think they are so cool, or think it's fun to mess up peoples businesses. I don't understand what they get out of it, guess to show off their skills? I probably don't get it because I am not a hacker. The one that got me the last couple times, was just some Weird Islamic message. Not like they were making money off the hack. Looks like I need to do some more reading. Last edited by ronnie; 2008-04-17 at 04:49 PM..

2008-04-17, 08:34 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Damn - that might explain why I'm suddenly seeing more spam comments in moderation in one of my mainstream blogs. I was wondering why akismet wasn't killing the stuff. What was the offending file? is it always the same file?