Comments on: David Airey.com hacked

By: Bingdorf

Bingdorf — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:15:08 +0000

Sorry about that David.. i sort of know what it feels like as a similar act was initiated for a domain we owned, but this time - it was done by a domain registrar!!!… they figured the importance of the domain, and acquired it after we had officially purchased from their site. We even have the bills and receipts of purchase to prove this fraud!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:17:27 +0000

Thanks everyone, for the continued comments.

It meant a lot to read that you’d follow my blog no matter what the address, though it’s been great that I’ve restored the domain at no cost except time (and a few SEO hiccups).

I hope you’re all well.

By: thess

thess — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:19:32 +0000

I feel that what ’s happened to you was horrible, but I truly admire you when you said this and I quote:

“I see no point in getting bent out of shape about this. What’s done is done.

At least no-one died.”

words of a man with a good heart. I wish you more success.

Regards from Holland.

PS. Never ever announce on your website that you will be on vacation, that’s what these thieves are waiting for, happened to a friend of mine before too.

By: Mike Beasley

Mike Beasley — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:51:28 +0000

Been there. We never think about getting hacked, phished, or data loss(due to fire, lighting, bad disk).

That reminds me. It’s about time to backup my stuff.

By: cat

cat — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:01:13 +0000

… holding breath …

By: Jana

Jana — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:53:14 +0000

I hope everything is working better now.

By: Yoyita

Yoyita — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:31:05 +0000

David, I am making this post to your original website http://www.davidairey.com/david-airey-hacked/
Do you have it back now?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:08:04 +0000

David,

FYI: I was reading your post and went to make a comment when I saw that I was logged in as you. I had to “log out” as you and then make my comment.

By the way, I had a similar situation where another web site designer stole every word of content on my web site and posted it in another design. Every single word, down to the articles were lifted and copyright claimed by the New Zealand web development company. My investigation into the situation revealed that I would have to pay a US attorney $3,000 USD to send a cease and desist letter. UGH!

My sympathies to you. Taking legal action overseas is not pretty… however, a domain name is a LOT different than page content.

Do keep us informed of the situation via your blog!

By: Brian Purkiss

Brian Purkiss — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:41:03 +0000

I’m so sorry for getting hacked.
I have no knowledge on how to go about fixing that, but I say that you should take him out and then get some money from him for stealing your site and losing all that traffic!

Take him out!
He shouldn’t be on the net for doing $%*& like that!

(oh, and somethings funky with your GMail security post… It’s showing that I’m logged in as you, but I’m not, and thus I can’t leave comments. weird…)

By: baron

baron — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:34 +0000

Your ordeal is nothing short of insane Kafkaesque proportions where transferring a domain is as easy as a spoofed email (which we all know has all kinds of holes) and getting justice is a never-ending bureacracy that takes the thieves side.

I’ve been outraged more than once at the ineptitude of the internet’s governing body regarding a clear lack of principles that allows domain scammers and squatters to prosper while hard-working professionals earning an honest living get the fruits of their labor snatched away. I hope justice is served and you walk away with a net gain in publicity. I’ve always been paranoid about using my gmail for sensitive stuff but now I’m more so. But it’s all a hairy mess once you pick an email as your main address because EVERYTHING links to that address.

Good luck!