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A Celebration of Mediocrity

GREAT IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD

Hacked!

Dirtsmith, March 30, 2024March 30, 2024

Goddamn it.

I don’t know if you tried to visit my site over the past couple of weeks, but anyone who did would have witnessed its decent into digital Tartarus.

I’ve been occupied and wasn’t paying very close attention to this site. I eventually got around to an unusual email –

Hmmm! That doesn’t look too good! I don’t know Awalter Agonzaleza!

Umm…3,830 new, unindexed pages? Bollocks. Let’s check out dirstmith.com/cms

Great. Now we can all gamble online!

Shortly thereafter, the site itself fell apart. Anyone who visited it could only see this –

You couldn’t actually see any of the posts. And I was unable to log in myself.

I suck at tech. Fortunately I was able to hire a hacked site recovery team from my excellent web hosting company (DreamHost), who cleaned up the mess and sealed up the breaches. (Or so it appears, 🤞🏻).

So, I guess I am back up and running for now! 🤷🏻‍♂️

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