Vito Cassisi – Tech Blog
16Jan/101

Sorry for the downtime!

It has come to my attention that the blog has been down since approximately 19:08 AEDST. Upon investigation, it would appear that someone with access to the server removed the directories corresponding to this blog, and another forum of mine. Fortunately the database was not accessed or modified in any way.

I don't have details on who is responsible, or why these directories were removed, however I am investigating if it was a malicious attack.

Sorry for any inconvenience guys,
Vito Cassisi

UPDATE (0:40 - 17/01/09):
It turns out that spammers have hijacked my hosting service, possibly via an insecure forum/WordPress script. The hosting provider is currently working on tracking down the source of the problem. It saddens me that they're relaying spam via my domain. Hopefully all this will be sorted soon.

UPDATE (03:00 - 17/01/09):
Passwords have been changed and everything seems to be fine. Will keep a lookout for any suspicious activity.

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  1. Yah I just noticed that the forum was down so came here


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