Hacked!

26Sep09

OK, I was unfair on Google. The site had been hacked. I (or my ISP) should have been more careful. Yet, I don’t see what I could have done better, short of hiring a bunch of hackers to verify my ISP’s security procedures. Cause, really, there’s nothing in that web site as such that would allow it to be hacked through code injection or something. Or at least I don’t think there is, but I’m not a hacker. I am very apprehensive now, and totally daunted by the massive consequences. I can apply for a review of the site, but I can’t imagine a bunch of people on the other site dealing with these very efficiently. And how would they be in a position to verify a site’s security, unless they are better hackers than the best out there. So, once you’re hit, you are, through no fault of your own, destroyed. You may question that bit about the no fault, but as much as I can educate myself on hacking techniques, I’ll never be as good as the kids out there, I have a day job to do too. Beyond maintaining good passwords and choosing your ISP carefully, I don’t really see what Joe-the-webmaster can do to stop it. So, anyway, once you’re hit, you’re practically destroyed. That site will probably never show up at the top, the way it used to. Even if they wanted to not be evil and investigate and judge what’s right or wrong, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity, there’s probably millions like me out there. Not to mention the moral responsibility of being the judge of something that will ultimately result in actual wealth redistribution. Grumble, grumble, grumble. Simple life in the woods seems like a tempting proposition.

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