g_u_c
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🔧 I got hacked
🕑 Added 2025-04-17 11:21:00 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
I wanted to let you know that my website was hacked earlier today.
It was down for about an hour while I worked to restore a backup from yesterday.
Everything is back online now, and I apologize to anyone who wasn’t able to access it during that time.
I found out it was a hack because I discovered some malicious code injected into my site’s files. I’m currently working with one of my patrons to fix the damage and secure the site as best as we can. Unfortunately, any comments and likes left between yesterday and today were lost in the process… I’m really sorry if you took the time to share something and it’s now gone.
It’s a tough blow, I won’t lie. I don’t know what the hacker(s)' intentions were — there’s no personal or financial data on the site, so this was probably just an act of malice… or maybe someone trying to access content for free and destroying everything in the process.
It’s frustrating, but don't worry, it won’t kill my motivation.
I don't often say this, but thank you very much for your support.
I appreciate it more than ever.
Take care and talk soon!
G-U-C
Comments
Tobi
I'm glad to hear that. That you don't let it affect you and keep going! ^-^ I'm looking forward to the post (:
G-U-C
Yeah, I’ve been really stressed from losing everything. I think I’ll be a lot more careful with security and backups from now on 😅
G-U-C
Yes, you're right, I did. Thank you.
WhiteLynxe
Kinda sad for someone to do this, luckily nothing got lost or damaged
William wright
Thanks for the notice. You should inform your host as well, so that they may verify other sites they host didn't get hit too.
William wright
A private website typically allows more control over content to the owner. Patreon can technically remove content they don't like, and in some cases even ban the author in question.
Version
Thanks for letting us know, but don’t you maybe think that it is easier to just store data on Patreon like previously? You won’t get problems like those here.
