A couple weeks ago this blog was defaced. Just so everyone is aware, I had been tracking the attempts to hack the site and am aware of both the tool used and the originating country – Brazil. Well, I’m once again receiving the loving attention of someone who appears to be attempting to hijack the site and redirect it to some website hosted by a Brazilian registration company.

If you come to this site and see something odd, they will likely have figured out how to accomplish whatever it is they’re trying to do; including perhaps trying to create a portal through which they can deliver a worm or virus. I suppose I could try to stop them, but I figure it’s better to just report on where this stuff is originating so that everyone out there can get a sense of how wonderful the “everything free” atmosphere is that people like Lawrence Lessig promote (Brazil is well-known for supporting open-source but is also often known for turning a blind eye to the activities of software pirates and hackers).

So all I’m going to do is advise anyone who visits my blog to keep your anti-virus and firewall software updated and be cautious about any links you hit (you can right-click on a link and check its properties for the destination address). Hopefully everyone is already cautious, so my warning is falling on deaf ears.