Comments on: Surviving a Blog Hack https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hacked Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-1002838 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:21:19 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-1002838 In reply to Damon and Jo.

Ha, that sounds entertaining! Yes, this was quite the lesson learned. The very hard way! (No pun intended.)

]]> By: Damon and Jo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-1001686 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:47:09 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-1001686 Well on the bright side, you learned more about website security…I guess? That sucks…and just reminds me of the time my email got hacked while giving a speech and VIAGRA coming up while I was doing my speech. LMAO.

Oh…memories.

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-242926 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 02:55:44 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-242926 In reply to Graeme Voigt.

Hey Graeme, yup I am WordPress based. I work with the guy I mentioned in this post now to keep my site safe and he’s done all kinds of updates and installs 🙂 Thanks for the tip though! Let’s hope they stay away now…

]]> By: Graeme Voigt https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-242515 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:44:29 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-242515 OUCH!

That sucks bad!
Is your website WordPress based? If so, there’s plenty of awesome plugins out there that you can add to help add some extra layers of security! Just Google around and see what you can find, if not, check this out: https://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/security-plugins-wordpress-bulletproof/

I hope this helps and those bastards leave you alone!

Take it easy!

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | The Great Escape: Month 16 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-200342 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:02:23 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-200342 […] Not that there is ever a really great time to have your website hacked, but it certainly felt extra cruel to spend any of my precious time on the islands dealing with […]

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-153689 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:37:31 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-153689 In reply to Andi of My Beautiful Adventures.

It was awful! But I’m so happy to say IT’S OVER! And now I have a great web developer 🙂

]]> By: Andi of My Beautiful Adventures https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-153441 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:35:39 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-153441 You poor thing! I’m so so so sorry that you had to go through that, I would have had a total panic attack. Chris is amaaaaazing!!!

]]> By: Alex in Wanderland | Travel and Diving Blog | North Shore Weekend https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-153389 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:01:12 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-153389 […] followed by alcohol-fueled shenanigans. I’m sorry to say that I was so busy dealing with my hacking issue that I missed all of the bubble fun shown […]

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-135721 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:01:51 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-135721 In reply to Fidel.

Ha, well I worried that maybe some readers might not know about the world of hacking and might just think I was a skeezy sell out! So that was partly the point of this post!

]]> By: Alex https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hacked/#comment-135715 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:59:09 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=10804#comment-135715 In reply to Abby.

Thanks Abby, it was actually cathartic to write and now I’m laughing when I read it back. Glad its over though!

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