MND Hacked By Brazilian Anti-War Group

Hostway, MND's Dedicated Server Company, Still Clueless
MND Hacked By Brazilian Anti-War Group

MURPHY'S LAW x10
On Friday morning, at the very moment that I was traveling with my family and out-of-touch with this website, a "pathetic group of kids from a third world nation" hacked the MensNewsDaily home page and replaced it with a single page announcement written in Portugese.

When I arrived at my destination late Friday night, I discovered much to my dismay that the high-speed Internet connection that I expected was not going available. It was not until midday Saturday that I was able to get a dial-up connection and replace MND's hijacked home page.

MND uses a dedicated server managed and hosted by Chicago's Hostway corporation. (Some MND readers may recall our earlier encounters with Hostway's services. So far we have stayed because the price has been right. No more.) Hostway's tech support remains characteristically surly, and they seem genuinely puzzled as to why I might hold them responsible for securing the dedicated server that they paid to manage and host for MND.

I had not planned on making this a public announcement, but since the cat has left the building, I will be on holiday with my family until New Years. I will endeavor to keep the site updated as much as possible during that time.

Thank you all and Merry Christmas!

Mike LaSalle

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