Word(de)pressed

So last week, if you have a self-hosted Wordpress site (like XXL Magazine and Harvard Law School) you may have noticed that your site has been hacked. The signs are pretty clear if your site has been compromised, since you probably won't be able to log in. The attack, orchestrated by someone who wanted to be the Debbie Downer for bloggers on a holiday weekend, only affects older versions of Wordpress, so if you are one of those diligent people who updates their software regularly, you are in the clear. If you are still coasting along on anything less than version 2.8.4, go to your dashboard now and updates ASAP.

I happen to have a client who had 3 sites that needed immediate update last weekend. I got the call 3 hours into a 7 hour drive, which is not what you want to hear when you've put your brain on Stand By for a 3 day weekend with the family. Fortunately, none of the sites had been hacked. And double-fortunately, Wordpress is easy to update, even if you have to do it manually. Everything should have as helpful a FAQ as Wordpress.

If you want to read more about this bit of interweb nastiness, check out what Wordpress has to say.