05/01/2022
Howdy friends! I hope anyone reading this is in good health and anxious to hit the water for some outstanding fly fishing this spring! It appears I have not posted anything here for a year and a half. Surprised my page was not removed for inactivity.
I would like to spread the word to all Montana Outfitters and anyone else with a website to be alert to website hacks. My website was recently hacked - twice! The first time by russians, the next time by the chinese. They were able to gain access thru outdated plugins and or other outdated components. Despite the fact everything was set up to update automatically, that did not happen with some of the stuff. The hack pretty much knocked my site out of the water for over a month, and cost me several hundreds of dollars to fix!
I'm not sure what the hack all consisted of, but instead of my page coming up, it displayed a page that said this page has been suspended by a "service provider". Apparently they added a bunch of pages to my site that linked to and directed traffic to several unrelated websites. Not sure what their goal or "end game" was, but it sure sucked.
I would recommend to everyone that has a website to double check that everything is current and up to date, and as secure as possible. Change your passwords occasionally as well. I hope you all will be spared the agony and expense of this happening to you! God Bless you all
and may your lines stay tight!