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Lessons from the SoapBlox hacker fiasco
[asset|aid=1084|format=image|formatter=asset|title=hacked.jpg|width=166|height=135|align=right|resizable=true]SoapBlox, a site that powers many progressive blogs, was hacked earlier this week. They took down four of their servers to minimize the spread of the damage, and the individual who ran SoapBlox declared defeat. (He’s since taken down the post, but you can still read the text at DailyKos.)
I don’t suggest reading most of the comments on that thread, but Karl-Thomas of Burnt Orange Report notes: