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SEOlogs Was Hacked

I woke up this morning to a nice surprise.
(Message edited for language and lack of positivity)
Hacked
I guess this is what happens when you don’t upgrade your Wordpress install. I currently have Wordpress 2.1 installed, and the current version is 2.3.

It’s pretty evident these guys weren’t SEOs b/c they didn’t even add a live link back to the url they left. Also, they obviously don’t know anything about making money either, because they didn’t even use the opportunity to make some money. :)

One thing I can give them credit for is that this does have some shock / viral value. They probably could have picked a more popular blog, but whatever.

I’m going to upgrade my wordpress to 2.3, but I’d still like to know how they did it.

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5 Responses to “SEOlogs Was Hacked”

  1. ana.banana Says:
    October 16th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    i was shocked by this, too.

    i’ve learned about your website just yesterday, because of your reverse ip tool. and then later that evening, when i got back to use it again, i found that “hacked…” message.

    so what was their motive?



  2. B Jones Says:
    October 16th, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    I really don’t know what the motive was. I suppose they just did it because they could. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it was because I’m running an older version of wordpress. I have my FTP logs, but haven’t had time to go over them yet.



  3. Lil Joe Says:
    October 17th, 2007 at 2:09 am

    This guys are simple scriptkiddies. They have no skills and knowledge. I think they just used a script which use security bugs of wordpress.

    Take a look at the page of them. Looks like they are just amateurs.

    Stupid scriptkiddies



  4. fontadoni Says:
    October 17th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    Man…Badi. What do you do when something like this happens, how do you fix it?

    I just want to make sure I’ll be prepared if it happens to me.

    Thanks.



  5. hekim group Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 4:39 am

    think they just used a script which use security bugs of wordpress.



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