Gains over Morals
The common misconception throughout the Blogging community is that the hacker has been taking over blogs in an attempt to close them down. To somehow silence the sinners.
I wouldn't put it past some of the religious cocksuckers, but the most recent attacks have been directed at generating profits.
A recent investigation (of sorts) has shown that this is what happens...
1. The hacker gains access to the username and password of the affected Blogger account. This could be by hacking into Blogger itself, or, by sending a bogus email from Blogger, requesting you to change your password. (As in some of the more recent cases.)
2. The password, and the email attached to the account is then changed. This is done so that the actual user cannot have the password sent to their email address. (Thereby regaining control of their blog.)
3. The hacker then changes the links originally on the Blog, and adds some of his own. All of these links are for assorted porn sites. All of which are owned in full, or in part, by the hacker.
4. When regular readers visit the blog, click the links they usually click when reading their friends Blog, they are redirected to one of the hackers sites. All of these sites get the benefit of traffic, and the hacker gets money for generating traffic for these websites.
5. The Blogger is left trying to get their Blog back, with the assistance (HA!) of Blogger. This hacker has, to my knowledge, never released a blog from his control once he has milked its potential.
It is easy to blame those associated with religious, and uppity-bitch groups. And, I don't doubt that some of the hackings have been their doing. But, I've gotten emails from several hacked Bloggers whose links have been replaced with other sex blogs. A religious group would be trying to stop the online sex industry, not helping to spread it around.
Now, the good news. I am still checking some details, but - I will be posting an article at my blog (by tomorrow) giving the hacker exactly what he has coming to him. After that, he will be at the mercy of the Blogging community.
I wouldn't put it past some of the religious cocksuckers, but the most recent attacks have been directed at generating profits.
A recent investigation (of sorts) has shown that this is what happens...
1. The hacker gains access to the username and password of the affected Blogger account. This could be by hacking into Blogger itself, or, by sending a bogus email from Blogger, requesting you to change your password. (As in some of the more recent cases.)
2. The password, and the email attached to the account is then changed. This is done so that the actual user cannot have the password sent to their email address. (Thereby regaining control of their blog.)
3. The hacker then changes the links originally on the Blog, and adds some of his own. All of these links are for assorted porn sites. All of which are owned in full, or in part, by the hacker.
4. When regular readers visit the blog, click the links they usually click when reading their friends Blog, they are redirected to one of the hackers sites. All of these sites get the benefit of traffic, and the hacker gets money for generating traffic for these websites.
5. The Blogger is left trying to get their Blog back, with the assistance (HA!) of Blogger. This hacker has, to my knowledge, never released a blog from his control once he has milked its potential.
It is easy to blame those associated with religious, and uppity-bitch groups. And, I don't doubt that some of the hackings have been their doing. But, I've gotten emails from several hacked Bloggers whose links have been replaced with other sex blogs. A religious group would be trying to stop the online sex industry, not helping to spread it around.
Now, the good news. I am still checking some details, but - I will be posting an article at my blog (by tomorrow) giving the hacker exactly what he has coming to him. After that, he will be at the mercy of the Blogging community.
posted by The Corporal at 7:59 AM
1 Comments:
Hey, who runs this crazy joint and how do you get involved?
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