Why we are here...

hello,

Im writing every blogger I know about a certain problem. A number of
blogs and their authors are under attack. So far the blogs in question
have been sex blogs hosted on Blogger. There appears to be a weakness
in Blogger's security system. In the last two days I have heard from 2
separate bloggers whose accounts were hacked. In one case the blog was
replaced with links to sites featuring child pornography and
bestiality.
In yet a third case, a sex blogger's URL was sent to her boss, and
the blogger in question received emails threatening to reveal her
personal information to others.

In the two cases of hacking that I have heard of, both bloggers had
changed their passwords recently. The only other commonality (as far
as i know) appears to be that both write sex blogs, and both are
hosted on blogger--these blogs don't even link each other.
There seems to be some reason to suspect that the attacks are
religiously motivated,

I'm writing to warn people, and to solicit ideas that any may have to
prevent this.

My current suggestion: forward this email or its content to anyone you
know who could be at risk. Perhaps we could set up a blog to post
updates and exchange information about techniques for protecting our
anonymity. One obvious move is to not login to your blog from a work
server, but this is not practical for everyone.

I am sending this email to those of you I know in the blogging
community, but individually, so that our email addresses remain
private. So it's a form letter---my apologies.

O