Checked out this blog yesterday and found that someone(s) had hacked some javascript into the main page. After a few seconds it redirected my browser to one of several sales pages. This did not make me happy.
I was able to isolate the offending script, but I couldn’t find it in the web pages (or posts?). When it started trying to take over my laptop, that was the last straw. I deleted the entire blog and all the posts. Yeah, I probably could have been more surgical, but I was angry, and my copy of WordPress was sorely out of date, so I said “Screw it” and wiped the slate clean.
Now I’ve got the latest version of WordPress, plus a couple neat plugins that act as firewalls and intrusion detectors.
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This post was written by Daniel Ferry on February 13, 2010
That is frighting to think about.