If you’ve had trouble accessing BittBox in the past few days, I apologize. I’ve been with GoDaddy for over 5 years, and it’s had it’s ups and downs, but I just couldn’t take it anymore, so I got pissed and switched to (mt) Media Temple over-night. Here’s my story:

A few days ago I submitted a trouble ticket when some software on my GoDaddy server locked up, and a few hours later, they replied stating that they had resolved the issue, and charged me $75. Great……wait, what? My site doesn’t work anymore!

I hadn’t changed a single setting on my server and the BittBox homepage wouldn’t load. So I called GoDaddy again, and another 6 hours go by, and they tell me that it’s my .htaccess file that’s causing the problem. So, in a nutshell, not only was my site down, but I PAID GoDaddy $75 to f*ck it up. Awesome, right?

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Apparently my server’s hard drive is failing, so it’s going to have to be replaced : ( It might take up to 24 hrs, so the Box might be down for the next day or so. When I return from this dilemma, I’ve got an awesome set of vectors for everyone. See you in a day or so.

If any of you have noticed anything weird lately around the Box, or are having trouble loading the RSS feeds, please give it a day or two. I just migrated BittBox to a brand new dedicated server, and it can take up to 3 days before the transition is totally done. Sorry for the inconvenience.

~Bitt

In case you have noticed anything wierd around the box lately, it appears my site has been compromised, so tonight I will be wiping my server and starting from scratch. If anyone has any security tips for wordpress and how to help prevent a future attack, I’m all ears. The only clue I have is that one user saw a white screen with the phrase “Already Hacked by Magic SEO Toolz.” There have also been spammy links inserted in my RSS. Sorry for the inconvenience, and I’ll have everything back to normal as soon as I can. This couldn’t have happened on a worse week. (The week I have to pack all my shit and move to another state).

If anyone has any info or would like to help (I’m not a Wordpress Guru) you can email me at contact(at)bittbox.com.

~Bitt