Grep hack of Network Solutions takes NJN Network and other sites offline
(Update – this story was lost and restored) Sunday our site, along with hundreds of other WordPress sites hosted by GoDaddy and Network Solutions was hacked by the “grep” virus. The hack re-directed users without virus protection on their computers to sites that attempted to infect them. Widespread hacks like this one prove the value of keeping your virus protection up to date.
At 5 AM Sunday the site was clean. At 8:30 AM, we found the hack and immediately took NJN Network offline. The site was cleaned by Sunday night. Google continued to give notice that the page was hacked until Monday afternoon until their experts had verified it. Continue reading







