Slog - Comments on Russian Big Pharma Mafia Strikes Again http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again Maud Newton's website was taken over this past weekend by a Russian pharmaceuticals company. Another website of Newton's, Miamistories.com, was hijacked and had this ransom note pasted on it: “Yes, I’m bitch. Fuck me with big penis!. You must give us site miamistories.com else we are delete your blog.” I'd heard that the Internet was a lawless, wild-westy place, but I didn't believe it until now.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:00:02 -0800 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:40:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brappy I hope she back up her blog.

]]> brappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962034 Books Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:51:53 -0800 Comment by Morgan I find it amusing that this particular post is free of the usual Slog vitriol.

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962072 Books Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:07:14 -0800 Comment by Gomez Yeah, hackers have been hijacking sites for years. Someone could hijack the Stranger site right now if they really wanted to.

I'm not a web developer so I don't know the remedy to re-commandeering your website, but I'm sure there is a solution.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962090 Books Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:18:47 -0800 Comment by Greg I'm pretty sure that if you have physical access to your server hardware, you can fix this.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/russian_big_pharma_mafia_strikes_again#c962540 Books Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:40:30 -0800