HongKiat.com defaced

You thought it will never happens to you but when it does are you prepared?

HongKiat.com was defaced yesterday. He lost his database and 2-3 days of posts.

Hong Kiat’s Fix:

1. Upgrade to WordPress 2.2.1

2. Restore the backup of the database. He was lucky to have one.

I visit Hong Kiat.com  almost everyday, his posts are quite good. It’s to know that he is back online.

Lesson to learn:

Make sure to always upgrade when a security patch is released. We don’t live in a perfect world anymore where people are nice and decent. Your best friend is prevention.

3 Responses to “HongKiat.com defaced”

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1. Wing Loon says:

   June 26, 2007 at 10:06 pm

   I also faced problem accessing his website…got this news after visit your blog man,

   Damn, hackers are fast…if your system is not up2date. Prevention is better than cure,

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2. alanbernard says:

   July 2, 2007 at 9:12 am

   damn. I’m definately doing back-ups n patches more frequently after seeing this… I don’t want some hacker who can’t spell properly defacing my site.

   Reply
3. ArahMan7 says:

   December 29, 2007 at 10:19 am

   I still couldn’t get thru’ HongKiat. After Googling HongKiat, I found this site. At least I know what’s going on.

   See you around. Greetings and lots of love from Kuala Kangsar.

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