Thanks for Your Patience. We’re Back…and the Site Is Safe

Date:

Anyone that tried to visit us from late Friday afternoon until early this morning may have had trouble visiting the website. Hackers managed to implant malware on the website late Friday afternoon. Rest assured, our site security is of utmost importance. The malware has been removed, a new SSL certificate has been approved and a new firewall has been put in place.

Though we were able to purge the spyware twice, whoever was attacking us managed to implant the malware again and again. So we brought in a new web security company who handled things from here. Scans from the new company, our web host and an independent scanning company have shown the site to be free of malware and behind a strong firewall.

Damien Newton
Damien Newton
Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

Share post:

More like this
Related

Gruber Looks at The Second Factor in Building a Great Park at SMO: Money

I suspect that many you reading this joined the...

Where Does a Viking Go to College?

(Photo credit: The Samohi and Emi Yamashiro-Hergert)The above graphic shows...

They’re Here : Santa Monica’s First Entertainment Zones

The following is a lightly edited press release from...