Update! The security audit and cleanup are complete, and we’re back in business. Many thanks to Graham at Wordfence for his tenacity and good humor, when he discovered he’d been tasked with a 20 year old site with 57,500 posts and 1.7M comments. There’s still work to do at our end, which should be complete by Monday. In the meanwhile, we have the green light to resume normal operations.
Thanks for your patience, everyone.
Kate
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The security audit interim report is in, and a number of problems have been uncovered. A big number.
To avoid interfering with the work, posting is suspended until I get the go ahead to resume – a break that will probably extend into the weekend. To that end, I’m also closing comments.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to cover the costs. Your generosity is being put to good use.
WOW. Admirable commitment from our site hosts.
Oddly enough, my Safari browser has for some time had ‘Not Secure – smalldeadanimals.com’
in the address tab.
Although a good reminder, this message in that tab has never appeared in any other site ever visited – very cool.
a 20 year old site with 57,500 posts and 1.7M comments.
One wonders the cost/time spent surveilling 1.7M free expressions for wrongthink.
Life Follows Art dept.
Turning point – The Lives of Others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-44OjhEZio
https://youtu.be/ZNgmFbV7N9E?si=fr4kJ65gmun0f1V1