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Spam Hack Attack

By Karen Baston | 2 September 2009

Dear Early Modernists,

My apologies if you have received any strange messages pretending to be from this site. A spammer hacked in and registered as a user. This is part of an ongoing problem throughout Europe. See these sites to see what’s been going on: Pack a Camera and Technical Tidbits.

I have taken their advice and made the changes they suggest to try and keep the Intelligencer secure. Other Word Press users are strongly advised to do the same.

As with other Word Press users, I’m giving details about the attack to try and warn others.
The hacker/spammer in question on this occasion was:

Username: MikeWink
E-mail: bugbeemershonyhe@gmail.com

I apologise for any problems readers of The Early Modern Intelligencer may encounter.
Karen Baston

PS: Please read the comments below for lists of more spammers.

Topics: Miscellanys | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “Spam Hack Attack”

  1. jason Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 22:38

    Thanks for the post. I just recently started receiving these as well. I will make a post on my site to notify other users. Here are the Username/Email I have had so far:

    Username: rafaellabove
    E-mail: jonatanwebsterbaum@gmail.com

    Username: Andrianq
    E-mail: pulvillarrac@gmail.com

    Username: MikeWink
    E-mail: bugbeemershonyhe@gmail.com

    Username: Miriam
    E-mail: obierebelominepyb@gmail.com

    Username: arnoldisby
    E-mail: naomyrotenford@gmail.com

  2. Henning-Uhle IT Solutions Says:
    September 3rd, 2009 at 20:01

    Also had such guests:

    Username: Andrianq
    E-Mail: pulvillarrac@gmail.com

    Username: MikeWink
    E-Mail: bugbeemershonyhe@gmail.com

    Username: derricklloid
    E-Mail: jonatanwebsterbaum@gmail.com

    And so on…

    For WordPress Plattforms which are affected you can try the plugin “Confirm User Registration”. More here:

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/confirm-user-registration/

    Good luck,
    Henning from Germany

  3. Eckyman.com » A Word(press) of Warning! Says:
    September 4th, 2009 at 16:36

    [...] http://www.emintelligencer.org.uk/2009/09/02/spam-hack-attack/ [...]

  4. WordPress Security Exploits – This site was hacked | Eric Shefferman (DOT) Com Says:
    September 6th, 2009 at 07:13

    [...] http://www.emintelligencer.org.uk/2009/09/02/spam-hack-attack/ [...]

  5. Adam Says:
    September 7th, 2009 at 12:05

    Yeah, I’ve had the joys of MikeWink too, I already had user registration confirmation installed on my blog though, so he just achieved a slightly pissy email saying “WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO REGISTER ON MY BLOG RAGERAGERAGE. Thanks, Adam”

  6. Henning-Uhle IT Solutions Says:
    September 9th, 2009 at 21:40

    Adam, good idea with a custom text. LOL

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