Site Downed by Spam (Again)
Okay, they’re into the code. Apologies for the short outage tonight while we fight the problem. (I’ve enlisted help.)
They’ve corrupted the search somehow, and — far, far worse — have successfully spoofed the email, probably the reason my email keeps flaking out. Indeed, signs are pointing to a problem with gileshoover.com’s email, too, meaning my (electronic) name has been tarnished.
Happy Friday! Update shortly.
Okay, it was a permissions thing. Somehow, either through guessing or a script that reads CGI+PHP/does something nasty with Movable Type, spammers gained access to the site and have added some pages while altering others. All behind the scenes — the pages look the same.
Combined with my attention being elsewhere over the past few months, the problem spiraled out of control. Bad Giles.
As usual.
More Sunday.
Meanwhile, if some of the pages, especially those in the archives, act weird, apologies in advance. I’m likely to break a few links cleaning up, too; if any obvious errors jump out at you, let me know. Oh, and the TypeKey verification isn’t working. Thanks for your patience with the comment system everything.
