We are hacked off
August 18th, 2010 by Mollie KendallLast week we got notice that our site was a potentially dangerous site and was thought to be distributing malicious software. Of course, fine friends, we would never think of doing such a thing. We want you to know first and foremost that you (and your computer) are safe when you visit One-Change.com.
Upon further examination, our web server had been “hacked” and someone had inserted small bits of code that tried to redirect people from One-Change to a malicious site. This was unacceptable and we looked to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.
Because our previous hosting company was partially at fault, we decided to make a switch to another vendor (Blue Box Group). We had to make the migration very quickly and the support folks over at Blue Box Group have been nothing short of spectacular.
Our family has been working thoughtfully to create a sustainable life model. Mollie and I have been brainstorming post ideas to share around the theme our sustainable life model and we’re anxious to share them with you. The areas we’ve been working on are: Family, Relationships, Time, Finances, Work, Health and Environment. Each of these is an essential part of each of our personal life ecosystems which, therefore, affect and are affected by each other. Our lives are complex. As soon as we figure out how to communicate the way that we are traversing these facets of our lives and our attempts to have them co-exist sustainably, we will begin to share the journey that we are on with you.
So you may be wondering how this situation has affected the sustainable lifestyle we’re striving for (or maybe not). Well, if you do, let us tell you that whomever decided to hack into our servers never has to see Kendall working crazy hours away from our family and they don’t financially compensate us for any time spent trying to repair the damage that they have done. There has been lack of sleep, too many hours worked and not nearly enough connection with our family. Just as so many things do, one person’s actions have negatively impacted the sustainability of our lives (as well as many other people’s lives whose work/lives depend on the affected servers).
Our actions all have an affect on others, whether it’s someone we see, or someone halfway across the world that we’ll never see. We get to decide whether what we do will positively or negatively effect others.
Thanks for sticking around, we’re glad you’re here and we want to say again that your security is super important to us and we’ll always do our best to make sure this site is safe for all. Please let us know, in the comments, if you ever have any questions or concerns about anything on the site.