Data Access Alert
I have just received notification from Dreamhost’s tech support team that this web server, phobos.Dreamhost.com, has been illegally accessed by nigerian scammers. Sensitive log data, including geographic location information, IP addresses, TCP/IP port assignments, and data access timestamps has has been accessed.
Also, malicious server-side PHP scripting has been detected in the new Wordpress 2.5 install on SteveFarkas.com, TheStudioPhi.com, Iconoclastech.com, and other websites and/or blogs hosted on this server. While the code has been patched, your PC is still currently at great risk of data theft.
In order to minimize all risk of data theft, which may result in identity or credit theft, please follow these instructions:
- For detailed information on credit card hijacking and data theft, watch this brief instructional webcast:
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- Call your credit companies and banks, and ask for immediate monitoring of your credit history on any credit or bank cards used online within the past 6 months.
- Call any banks with which you have online banking. Get your passwords changed immediately
duh, april fools?
You’ve just been RickRolled.
Love the reference to Nigerian spammers — it adds that extra bit of authentic panic.
Hehe. It was a tough call–I had to strike a balance between making it seem too far-fetched and putting anybody who read the article into a panic.
Panic, I’m told, makes for rather tasteless April Fools Jokes