
Cely woke me from my dream telling me hongkiat.com was hacked and defaced. I totally did not see this coming, but it is entirely my fault that I did not upgrade to Wordpress 2.2.1 as soon as possible.
The Damages
The defaced messages sounds quite personal, it seems like the hacker has been following my entries. Besides defacement, the database was gone too but I managed to recover from a backup copy. Entries for the pass 2-3 days were gone.
I thank those who took the initiatives to inform me through e-mails, IMs, and text messages. It should be fine now. It hurts but lesson learned.
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Posted by hongkiat in Blogosphere, at 06.26.07
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HongKiat.com defaced | The Danesh Project
June 26th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
[...] HongKiat.com was defaced yesterday. He lost his database and 2-3 days of posts. [...]
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June 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
What a pity.Thank God you had a backup.After been hacked by Jamaycka, now I frequently make a backup.
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
macibai … never mentioned me for giving u a call at 4am? kaninia …
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
If you want a copy of ur past 2 day’s archives, let me know. Cheers.
And next time, don’t message me with “Don’t tell me it is not you” I rather you message me with Hello, or Hi, or morning =)
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Oh, this site is back online.
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Yeah I saw that yesterday as I was telling one of my friend about your post regarding 400 Malaysian blogs were hacked.
And when I came here…OMG you became one of the victim.
But anyway good to see you back! You will be able to recover your previous posts (if you want) using google cache. Just search for the post titles and if they were indexed by google, it will appear and just click on Cached and get the cached version. Then later you can repost them in your wp.
wish you all the best
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June 26th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
i tot u were doin another april fool joke. :P
anywayyy.. who ask u not to upgradeee… :P
come go out have a beer. i know u sad..
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
I’m signed up for your rss feeds and i’ll click the link from time to time, very informative stuff you have here. I was quite upset when i saw that your site was defaced.
I”ve had similar experiences. A hacker once took down my design portfolio and disrupted my business. I havent been able to get back on track fully since.
I’ve been doing alot of reading from your site and it does help alot. Keep up the good work.
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
kilkenny? on me. mau?
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
i dont think the defacer is kinda leet. they are actually a bunch of script kiddies whos use ready made script. they are the real noob
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Ahmad: I’m glad my host did backups regulary :-)
Earl: I din not realized your call 4.00 in the morning. Phone batt run dry this morning, but thank you la, especially your post on that. You sound happy thou.
Melvin: Knowing what you are capable of, you’ll probably think the same. At least I did not jump on conclusion. ;p
Nicholas, Kimkins: Previous 2 post were fine; I have backups at home.
Cincau: April Fool over la, I wont do such thing especially when it potentially hurts my online revenue. Siao! I’ll still take your killkenny.
David: I learned the important of constant backup now, haha.
Kucau: The defacer definitely thinks it’s cool. Btw, I’ve got the SQL injection exploits, hate to believe such things are so easy available online.
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
shih parrrrkk!
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June 26th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
wahahahahahahah i am i am i am … told u i hate tech blogger rite … wahahahha
but hey like what lilian said, been there, so i know how frustrating is it … haha
Cincau, eh got killkenny for me or not? mahai …
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June 26th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I realized your blog has been hacked today 8 am morning..i try to chat wif u via gmail but no have answer..now..looks hongkiat.com lback to normal..you’re so fast man solve this problem..
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June 26th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
belle: you’re next! Hahah.
earl: A moment there I was panicked too when I realized DB was gone, there goes half year of blogging. been there, learned and learned well. :-) Backup DB and you sleep soundly.
Zaizen: Sorry buddy, wasnt able to respond to you as I was buzy ’saving’ the blog from the disaster. My site monitor report says its been down since 4.00am yesterday.
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June 26th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Damn…hackers are fast if you really don’t get your wordpress up2date, :(
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June 26th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
glad u made it back pal!!
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June 27th, 2007 at 1:14 am
alamak.. another case here ar? .. eh.. melvin fong? are you the melvin i know ar?.. @@?
hmm.. the hacker sound malaysian la @@
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June 27th, 2007 at 5:38 am
Glad to see that you are back up again. I blogged about you yesterday: http://www.adamok.net/2007/06/hongkiats-blog-hacked.html
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Don’t get hacked! » Sha Money Maker dot com
June 27th, 2007 at 8:05 am
[...] not upgrade to Wordpress v2.2.1, please do so immediately. There has been bloggers on v2.2 like Hongkiat and coolkevman, who got hacked. The hackers search for blogs with v2.2 keyword string and did their [...]
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June 27th, 2007 at 9:38 am
earl: caaan… i order for you.. you pay lar..
u two, tonite mau?
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Prevent Wordpress hacking » Sha dot Com Anak Melayu boleh blog! Mana gadis manis melayu aku?
June 27th, 2007 at 9:47 am
[...] not upgrade to Wordpress v2.2.1, please do so immediately. There has been bloggers on v2.2 like Hongkiat and coolkevman, who got hacked. The hackers search for blogs with v2.2 keyword string and did their [...]
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June 27th, 2007 at 10:30 am
HongKiat.com is back!! Yeah…
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Upgrade your wordpress, don’t get hacked! - jusupov.com
June 27th, 2007 at 11:15 am
[...] Hong Kiat was hacked, he blogs about it on his blog here. His blog was hacked because he didn’t upgrade his wordpress to a newer version. Because of [...]
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June 29th, 2007 at 9:14 am
aisey… looks like someone got jealous over you being a problogger? ignore those kids!
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June 29th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
based on the writings on the defaced page, i think the script kiddies are malaysian. feel sorry for your site though.
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WordPress 2.2.1 Upgrade | romantika.name
June 30th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
[...] I promised myself to steal some time to upgrade during this weekend. A very recent attack was on HongKiat.com, a full time blogger in [...]
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July 1st, 2007 at 3:27 pm
= = ” i knw who to find if i kena..u babi
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July 3rd, 2007 at 5:19 am
HAHA, knowing what I am capable of, you should give me a lunch treat. Else I hax0r you. HAHHAHAHAh!!!!1one
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July 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
People sometimes are really notorious. Anyway, great to have you back.
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July 9th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Hello
I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don’t have anything to say recently.
Bye
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July 19th, 2007 at 1:04 am
[...] If you are using any version lower than that, you really should update yourself to that. I have bad experience of delaying an application update, and that really cost me something, so be quick or be ready to [...]
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July 24th, 2007 at 4:16 am
Glad that you are back online … so shall i wish welcome back .. or has it been too late to do so? :p
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July 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Ananth77: Haha, it makes me wonder how come you are getting this news so late, probably you came from google links or probably reach this page from a link back. Hongkiat.com is back online 1 month ago. Thanks for the concern though :-)
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Prevent Wordpress hacking | Anak Melayu Boleh Blog
October 8th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
[...] not upgrade to Wordpress v2.2.1, please do so immediately. There has been bloggers on v2.2 like Hongkiat and coolkevman, who got hacked. The hackers search for blogs with v2.2 keyword string and did their [...]
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Wordpress Upgrades/Updates Benefits and Tips
February 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
[...] being hacked is going up recently. Hong Kiat learned his lesson for not upgrading frequently and found his blog hacked in June 26th, 2007. This is just one of the few accomplishments by Wordpress blog [...]
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Prevent Wordpress Hacking | Anak Melayu Boleh Blog
March 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
[...] has been bloggers on v2.2 like Hongkiat and coolkevman, who got [...]
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Don’t Get Hacked | Sha Money Maker
March 13th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
[...] not upgrade to Wordpress v2.2.1, please do so immediately. There has been bloggers on v2.2 like Hongkiat and coolkevman, who got hacked. The hackers search for blogs with v2.2 keyword string and did their [...]
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Happy April Fool Day From Hongkiat.com
April 1st, 2008 at 12:32 am
[...] those who visit hongkiat.com with browsers, Happy April Fool Day. So you think I got hacked again? [...]
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