Seriously though, over the last several years, we have had our individual social media accounts hacked, at least two of our e-mail accounts, and more. Many of these were sending out advertisements for bands, music, gear, and the usual spam. We obviously didn't do this. In fact, we were not even aware of this because they did not show up in our "Sent" folders, Timelines or Feeds, or anywhere else; we mostly learned about them from others and, by the time we did, they were gone.
Authorities were alerted to this years ago and have contacted us on occasion regarding newer instances but all we have been told is that they are working on it and that it is apparently "Federal" in nature (as I'm somewhat certain it's a felonious crime).
At least a few occasions, the attacks appear to have coincided with when we've either left accounts "logged-in" or simply saved our passwords in autoform-fill, but there's no way for us to know that for sure.
We *do* advertise on the sites and blogs - which is why Google blacklisted this blog, in particular - and I, for one, feel no fear in suggesting that Google has some part in this but AGAIN, we really don't know and on one's told us yet.
So, if you're wondering why we haven't been able to bring you more cool stuff more quickly, part of it has to do with the fact that we've had to buy additional security. Which apparently doesn't work.
© The Weirding, 2014
Authorities were alerted to this years ago and have contacted us on occasion regarding newer instances but all we have been told is that they are working on it and that it is apparently "Federal" in nature (as I'm somewhat certain it's a felonious crime).
At least a few occasions, the attacks appear to have coincided with when we've either left accounts "logged-in" or simply saved our passwords in autoform-fill, but there's no way for us to know that for sure.
We *do* advertise on the sites and blogs - which is why Google blacklisted this blog, in particular - and I, for one, feel no fear in suggesting that Google has some part in this but AGAIN, we really don't know and on one's told us yet.
So, if you're wondering why we haven't been able to bring you more cool stuff more quickly, part of it has to do with the fact that we've had to buy additional security. Which apparently doesn't work.
© The Weirding, 2014
1 comment:
Don't be upset by this! I don't think it's anything infectious or can affect anyone else.
This has happened several times for at least the last year or so. I just wanted to note it because of something recent and I was in a pretty bad mood when I did so.
We don't even have a newsletter right now: we can't figure out how Google+ is supposed to work: and since Facebook started asking people to pay for our posts, no one even sees those!
This was an angry taunt for someone(s) or entities unnamed.
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