It has been quite the exciting weekend here at the Dine & Dish household. If you are one of my friends on Twitter or Facebook you know all about our adventure this weekend. If not, I’ll give you a brief update. Dine & Dish was taken over by a lovely hacker dude on Friday evening. I found out because he had taken over my blog (not directly, but through a “hole” in the server) and put Google ads up all over the place. He had control of Dine & Dish most of the weekend and we were finally able to get things restored this afternoon. It has been exhausting, to say the least, and quite the emotional roller coaster. I had to go to church on Sunday just to repent for the language I have used towards this man over the weekend! Anyway, hacker dude… if you are reading, thanks for the wake up call and the education. I have learned a lot over the past few days.
I have several people to thank but am going to save that for a post where I have more time to devote to it properly and when I can really share with you what I’ve learned from this. In the meantime, if things are a little screwy around here (like RSS feed posts from the past showing up) hopefully this will give you an explanation. I hope you stick with us as we get things completely back up to speed.
At last check before hacker dude entered my life, the cookbook giveaway had 150+ entries. Well, since our last backup was the day prior to hacker dude entering my life, we lost some of the entries. Because of this, I am going to extend the cookbook giveaway until this Thursday, September 3rd, 11pm CST. This gives those of you who entered before, the chance to enter again. Those of you who may have had a comment slip away because of all the fun happening around here, it gives you the chance to enter as well. To enter the cookbook giveaway, click here and just leave a comment on that post.
Thanks all for being so patient…for your emails, tweets, phone calls, mood uplifters and for simply being there. Much love to you all… even you, hacker dude, because obviously you need a little TLC.
am so glad that you’re back! sorry to hear about the hacker dude. i’m glad you got your blog back!
I am glad you have control of your blog again! I am so sorry that happened to you. I hope you can relax now. Do something special for yourself, you deserve it! We are all here for you!
I’m glad to hear that things are returning to normal. That is such a cute picture of Leah! =)
Glad all is back to normal. You’re too nice to have something like this happen to you!
I am so happy you have your blog back!
Kristen I’m so relieved for you. Glad you are back!
So happy to see that the blog is back under your control! It must have been so frustrating and heart wrenching to see someone screwing with something you put so much of yourself into!
I bet it feels great to have your blog back! I think you handled the whole thing well. Hugs to you and your family – hope you all get to feeling better soon!
Welcome back! So glad to see you up and running again! I’m sorry you had to go through all of that mess. I’m looking forward to hearing more of the details as well. Your experience has been a real wake up call for all of us.
Read your adventures over the weekend. That is awful! Glad you are back in business~
How awful Kristen. Glad to hear all is well though. I just hate the idea that one is so vulnerable like this. But you beat him good – good for you girl!
This weekend was bananas! I’m so glad it’s over and order has been restored. 🙂
This weekend was bananas. I”m so glad you got your blog back and order has been restored.
Wow! What a crazy weekend you had! I’m sorry that it happened, but I’m glad you overcame everything and were able to get things back to normal. Great blog- I can’t wait to see what else you have to share!
Rachael
So glad to see you’re back up and running – what a terrible thing to have happen!
I was keeping track over the weekend and really praying you would be able to get things back to normal quickly. Have any words of wisdom that might prevent this from happening to others? In my old age, I prefer to learn from other people’s mistakes/experiences, instead of my own. 😉
Wow, what a nightmare. You’ll have to share with us any tips so we can arm ourselves against mean hacker guys like this! I’ve had my Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked into before, sending out messages to all of my friends, much to my embarrasment and dismay. I feel your pain!
So glad you got control back!! I know you went through an awful few days.
YAY everything back now! 😀
Glad to see that Hacker dude has been eliminated from your life:D
That is the most precious picture ever. What a sleepy baby! And no wonder. Between the hacker and the fever, you must all be worn out. Thanks for toughing it out and keeping us updated. I’m learning so much from you!
Best,
Casey
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Welcome back. I hope your family is also feeling better. I’m glad you finally got things sorted out, from reading on Twitter it sounded pretty bad!
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Happy to hear that you’ve got things back under control!!!! Missed your posts!
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That is terrible! Glad you are back!
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That’s awful! I don’t twitter, so I didn’t know about this. I’m glad that you got it all back. I’d also love to hear any tips you might have…
Glad you’re back!
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Hey Kristen, I just saw this post. Yeah, that guy was a real DB (and I don’t mean Daring Baker…). But I am glad everything turned out pretty well, even though you literally got sick. By the way, how’s the family doing? Still sick? If so, I hope you all feel better. And try to keep away from the baby. I remember you saying that the baby wasn’t sick…
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Glad to see everything is under control now. I took your advice, and now everything I have is backed up twice.
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What a nightmare! I’m glad everything is under control now!
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oh, it sounds really scary! good that everything turned out to be ok now!
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So glad everything’s restored! I’m bummed that you had to deal with that, with all the good energy you put out into the blogosphere! I’m happy you’re able to see the positive in an otherwise crappy situation 🙂
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Hackers suck, don’t they?
Glad you are back up & running!
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Oh my gosh– I had no idea, but I DID see the adds and wondered WHAT was up! Some serious aggressive advertising.
Sounds like you handled everything well, and am looking forward to hearing what you learned.
PS That photo is TOO cute! My Noah once fell asleep in the Jolly Jumper!
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So glad your ordeal is over. Looking forward to hearing about everything you’ve learned.
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Doesn’t it make u wonder…why mine? Why pick a one particular blog out of a gazillion especially a food one. It’s just so bizarre to me. It’s the reason why some feeds only give you a “taste” (pardon the pun) and you have to go to their site to finish the post. We’re all here & support all you bloggers who work hard & put a smile on our face and a recipe in our binder. Thanks!
I followed the adventure on Twitter. Glad to hear things are back to normal. Looking forward to finding out how to make sure this doesn’t happen to the rest of us!
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Sooo happy this is behind you now and I am happy to see you back up and running. You are so gracious too… you’re an inspiration and an example of patience and tolerance in the face of hacker dude-dom 🙂
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