By Pepper Parr
June 12, 2019
BURLINGTON, ON
Someone did us a dirty.
Someone paid someone like this to hack into our web site.
They hacked into the Burlington Gazette web site.
Faithful users who have us book marked had no problems – they got directly to the news we deliver.
Those who used a search engine to find us got a bit of a surprise. The hacker put in some re-direct commands and sent the user of to a site that sells pharmaceutical products.
We won’t go into any detail on the product offering
The re-direct is being erased, the software is being upgraded and a thicker fire wall is being installed.
A fascinating business.
Took a little sleuthing to determine where the problem existed and then to get a grip on the scope and scale.
The down side of course is that these repairs are on the expensive side and they get priced in US$.
For those of you who were inconvenienced – our apologies.
It looks as if the hack has been fixed. Using the url: www.burlingtongazette.ca will get you to us.
For the dude that did the dastardly deed – get a real job. We are wondering just who it was that wanted us off the air. Any suggestions?
