Comments on: Hacked. I Feel So Violated, Again!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 31 May 2010 09:12:41 +0000

Nice to see you here, the other Anne!

I have lost count of the times my sites have been hacked. It’s the bane of running too many sites – you just can’t have everything up to date at all times. Worse was when my main site got DDOSed – which is worse than hacking. I lost a lot of income thanks to those idiots…
.-= Anne´s last blog ..Web Design for iPhone =-.

By: Jorgen @ Personal Branding

Jorgen @ Personal Branding — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:30:40 +0000

I’ve had a few complete blackouts which were invariably mine or my host’s fault (BlueHost). The backup software has saved the day more than once and I now use it religiously. In fact, gotta run a backup right now…
.-= Jorgen @ Personal Branding´s last blog ..How to Land a New Gig with Twitter =-.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:42:05 +0000

And if you get hacked, see if your hosting provider has a roll-back feature. This allows you to go back to an earlier set of files for your site, earlier than the hack.

This is what I did when I was hacked on Godaddy. I then had a clean site and had the time to go (try) to plug my security leaks.
.-= John Soares´s last blog ..Why I Left Godaddy Hosting =-.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:39:44 +0000

I strongly second the frequent backups.

You can also use an ftp program to copy all of your files to your hard drive.
.-= John Soares´s last blog ..Why I Left Godaddy Hosting =-.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:13:32 +0000

I hope you’re backing up (or checking your backups) regularly.

Don’t recall how your service works… I’d want to keep an eye on everything anyway.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..The Queen of GPO Speaks – violetminded Spills It =-.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:09:28 +0000

I’m having to do manual backups for WiaW now, the zip file is too big to email.

I’m seeing this whole backup thing as something I need to add to the Blog Maintenance Challenge. I thought everyone kept up with backups. They don’t!
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..If You Want to Be a Better Blogger, Write Better =-.

By: Valentina

Valentina — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:51:30 +0000

Omigosh Anne – can I ever feel for you!

I had my own run in with my site but it was something I did and poof! It disappeared just like that. I can definitely relate to how it feels to lose all your hard work, but twice and through no fault of your own!

Admiration going out to you for having the patience and tenacity to restore – good on you (and may the hacker(s) eat nails and suffer from indigestion for the rest of his natural life)
.-= Valentina´s last blog ..Frank Kern’s State of the Internet Address =-.

By: DiTesco

DiTesco — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:24:27 +0000

What a story and one that I have learned a lot despite being fortunate of not (yet) being violated. I am glad that despite all the “hell” you went through you still managed to put it back up again. I have to honestly admit that I rely purely on my webhost to do the backups for me and use this nifty little plugin I learned from Dave’s previous post.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:07:07 +0000

Do a back up right now! In fact, I’ll do one right now too, only takes a couple of minutes.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..Social Media: Incremental Not Exponential =-.

By: BrandonBurgh

BrandonBurgh — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:57:53 +0000

Man…I’m going to come up to speed on this stuff pronto. Your scaring me to death…ugghh.

Brandon