Thursday of last week hackers infiltrated BAQS and took over the website, wreaking havoc and inserting insane gibberish and some not so charming offers for male enhancement products all over the site ( talk about hitting the wrong target audience!).. sadly the asshats were good at what they did and BAQS lost a good deal of content and who knows what else in the process… rather heartbreaking! The White Hat ( good guys) team I hired is still uncovering all sort of shenanigans on the part of the hackers.
- The Urban Bright Challenge will be reposted soon as the site is safe ( the old post is accessible and we will update and re link soon) We will readjust the timeline and the show WILL GO ON!
- Any current giveaways and the comments that were associated have been lost… we will try again, they can’t keep us down!
- Maddie has re-considered that whole “she is not a drinker thing” and while drinking has some serious charm she is going to stay sober but this also means she is a tad bit grumpy and it has brought out stress hives on her face..oh joy!
- Stuff I don’t even know yet and will fill in here later
The private Facebook community for BAQS, The Speakeasy is still intact but might have lost some of their logins, so please contact me if the new ~fuck those hacker asshats~ level of security I have had installed is messing with your ability to get in and we will get that fixed!
wow – why in the world would they attack your site?!
sorry to have to ask this… but did the asshats get the email addresses of your subscribers? might we may be affected or infected? sorry to have to ask this, but due to having an ancient computer and browsers, and no security, i have to.
As far as we know, no one is at risk since we keep our mailing list on a seperate server.. you should be just fine.
Hackers do suck! But good will triumph over asshats, of that I’m certain. Stay strong! And Maddie, I’ve been sober for 30 years, and trust me, nothing is worth drinking over!
Treat yourself to a massage, or take a long, scalding hot epsom salt and essential oil bath. Make yourself a pretty umbrella drink with San Pellegrino and fruit juice … better than drinking and you won’t hate yourself the next day. Staying sober? THAT is truly BadAss, IMHO.
Those same asshats recently did a number on my computer also! Really has screwed me up for a bit. In fact- I just got my computer back from being fixed. Keeping my fingers crossed that it is all better. Hate asshats!!!!
One of the best things about you is that you’re real! 🙂 Reading you is like listening to a friend using real language v. “prissy perfect” bloggers. I feel for you! Asshat hackers.
Sorry this happened. Too bad the asshats don’t use their skills for something productive!
Wow, that’s aweful. I hope everything is back up and running very fast.
Asshats indeed😤