I have been pretty silent for the past couple of days. There has neither been activity from me at my blogs nor at my friends’ blogs either. You might think I was in hibernating. If so there was a good reason for it. The truth of the matter is that I was online the whole time. I was not dormant.
I know it would come as a shock to everyone. Lainy’s Musings WAS HIJACKED. I had no access to the Blogger Admin Dashboard for my most precious blog “Lainy’s Musings”. It was not until today that I was able to recover Lainy’s Musings.
The trauma in losing the blog that is about to celebrate its first birthday on April 26 and where Bloggers’ Celebration is taking place was nightmar-ish!
I felt totally devastated!
The last time I had access to Lainy’s Musings Admin Dashboard was on Saturday, April 11. That was when I announced a contestant’s disqualification. I discovered something was amiss on Monday when I couldn’t log in using the same account details that I have always been using.
I am not pointing a finger at anyone. This untoward event had caused me distress and anxiety. Everything clouded on me and I did not feel like blogging anymore! It dawned on me that having the writing competition was a huge mistake. But my closest friends who were with me in this tough journey never failed in giving the support and encouragement that I needed most.
The ordeal that I and my one very good friend went through to retrieve my blog was unthinkable. He even had to stay up all night until the wee hours of the morning.
He knew all that had happened to my blog. Most of what he explained is beyond my comprehension as I am not blog-technically inclined. There were a lot of new things that I did learn about how it was possible for the hacker to hijack my blog.
I know more or less now how vulnerable Blogger (blogspot.com) is and how easily it may be hacked and hijacked. To explain the intricacies of how Lainy’s Musings was hijacked would need my friend to explain it to you because I do not think I am capable in rendering an intelligible explanation.
At the behest of my worthy blog-wise advisors, I have been persuaded to migrate to WordPress and operate this new Lainy’s Musings WP Blog from an external webhost. This is far more superior in providing the Blog protection as well as give me more direct control over the Blog.
Z O R L O N E!
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Okay, may I repeat my message… it is with a sad heart that I am welcoming you back. That was terrible. I wouldn’t have known what to do if i were in the same situation. :’(
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Hi sis!
hmmm… missed FC! >:o >:o
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Hala sis.. I’m shocked about what happened to your blog. Glad to hear that everything is normal na.
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so sis did u move to WP na ba? I’ve been thinking of moving to WP pero I don’t know how pa eh. Will ask a friend about it.
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congrats doki! FC! woohoo! :):)
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Yes Sis! The whole time we were chatting at YM, we were still trying to regain access to my blog.
You can just imagine the frustration and the ordeal my friend and I went through. I have been telling him ” I don’t feel like blogging anymore… ” And he was like: “Now, I don’t know what to say on that… ”
I feel a little guilty for giving up just like that. All the efforts my friend has put in to revive this blog is unquestionably excellent! Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
Thanks Dokie!
Dokie, you’ve made it to FC yet again! You are too fast!!!!
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I know what you mean, Dokie. The time we were chatting via YM, I feel so lost! It’s like I was floating in the air. The passion to blog wasn’t there anymore because of what happened.
I thank God for wonderful friends for the ceaseless persuasions and encouragements!
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Hola Sis!
Yeah, Dokie is too fast no one can beat him! I think he aims of having a sweep this April for this blog, hahaha!
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Hola Sis!
Yeah, Dokie is too fast no one can beat him! I think he aims of having a sweep this April for this blog, hahaha!
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Thanks Sis! I thought I couldn’t anymore publish anything in this blog. I really, really thought I am going to lose this blog forever.
That would surely be enough reason for me to stop blogging altogether. :’( :’( :’( :’( :’( :’(Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
A friend is currently in the process of transferring this blog to WP. I hate to let go of Blogger but my blog was penetrated once, it can happen again.
The heck with the numbers! I am very much willing to let go of less than a hundred thousand Alexa traffic and PR of 2 just to keep my blog heavily guarded and fully protected.
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Wow, u moving to WP Lainy? Good luck dearie, I dunno how to work WP! >:o >:o
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I bet that also explains the very slow loading of your site. I always go here everytime I want to check my votes but it loads really and it is very heavy.
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Wow sorry to hear what happen Lainy. That must have been aweful. I have all my blogs on wordpress except one and they are hosted by company that is very good. When every i have a problem they help me 24 /7. If you need help with hosting company i could talk to my friend just let me know. i could get you in real cheap.
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so this is your big news sis? OMG! very shocking! wa jud ko nagtuo nga ing-ani diay nahitabo sa imong blog while we chatted all those times. i couldn’t imagine how frustrating it was! i am glad na-okay na. nice lagi daw ang WP pero di pa ko decided to make a change. i just hope di lang ma-hack akoa. wa ra pud siguroy manginteres sa akong blog. sa imo kay naa maong gi-hack ka. hehe!
regards! have a great weekend sis!
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So sorry what happened to you. WP can be a pain in the butt to at times especially when you have to upgrade and one wrong click and poof. When you do be sure to back up your work. Good luck. Just a suggestion keep your blogspot site just make it private. This way you don’t lose everything. Also you shouldn’t lose PR because Last I knew google went by your url.You should be able to use the same url.
Good Luck and God Bless
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I wonder how too, GP! You remembered I emailed you last Monday regarding authentication failure at JS KIT? I really can’t log in using the account that I have been using. That was when I knew someone took over my account. Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
i am curious of the entire process sis. if it’s just easy that an amateur like me can do it all by myself, i might have to try w/ mine.
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separate diay nimo ni nga account sis from your other blogs? just wondering!
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Very, very soon GP!
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Dear Lainy, you’re totally famous!!! a reason why the hacker get interested to hacked you. Anyway, thanks for your best friend who gave his precious time to save your blog. He is always you’re HERO.
Well, this is to remind us that we need to be careful since we are not all safe to the hacker, thats their job, to distract and make trouble.
Proving that in everything there is a solution, so CHEER UP dear fried!!! Welcome Back and Don’t be sad…your friend is always there in your side!!! ingni sya PAkipot sya..hehehe..Hard to get.
Grabe DocZZZZZZZZz….naunhan ako..mayo lang kay natulog nako kagabie ba..ako unta ang FC…better luck next time.
Dokie!!! grabe naunahan mo ako..hehehee…congratz..FC na pod ka..
Hmmm, I am not sure about the slow page load. It’s the first time I’ve heard someone noticing the slow page load of this blog. Anyways,I will have to check that out.
By the way, you can never get updates as to how many people voted for you here at Lainy’s Musings. POLL REPORT is in the POLL BLOG and NOT here.
I have read your campaign post. Last day for the casting of votes is on the 25th Midnight Central Time. If you were able to read the CONTEST POST, the skeds and timelines for this contest is there right from the very start.Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
Sis, I have no idea how it can be done. I am not techinically savvy.
I am just too grateful that I have a friend who offered to help me and has been there, 24/7. And I tell you, I owe him soooo much! Purely labor of love jud ning iyaha, Sis! Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
No, Sis. I only have one account with the rest of my other blogs. When the log in details was changed, I was going bananas! Luckily, my yahoo account wasn’t penetrated so I was able to regain access, BUT Lainy’s Musings wasn’t there anymore in my dashboard after my account was penetrated. Recent blog post: Watch out for Kuerdas!
Welcome back Sis.. I am so sorry to hear this shocking event of Lainy’s Musings. WOW..
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