As some readers probably noticed, our blog was down yesterday. We were exposed to a hacker attack! Now the problems have been solved and it is perfect to celebrate this on a "Happy Friday", even if today's post is published. little later than usual. And we have celebrated Christmas, we have to tell you about that too!
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Yesterday morning, our blog was shut down by our hosting company (One.com) because they discovered that we were subject to a hacker attack. In the evening, when I got home from work, we rolled up our sleeves together. One.com sent us a list of all the corrupted files and we had to go in through the "file manager" (a place on the web host where we can see all the blog's files) and delete all the corrupted files.
But does the blog work if you delete certain files? Nope, not exactly, so now the big job began! We had to re-download WordPress (the programme the blog is built in) and gradually replace files on our blog through the FTP server in Filezilla - and here I give up trying to explain what this means.
I can only say that we spent many hours (like seven) working on this, all with online support in English from One.com. And finally the blog was up again! Happy Friday!
Christmas celebrations
What about Christmas? We had winter vomiting just before Christmas, so in order not to infect anyone, we decided to stay at home. On Christmas Eve, however, we both felt fine. We didn't prepare any Christmas food, but went shopping for whatever we wanted.
It may not have been very Christmassy, but it was very festive with prawns, mussels and clams. oyster. A few days later, when we were sure not to infect anyone, we also had a little Christmas at my (Helena's) mum's house, who had arranged a Christmas tree and everything.
Christmas in Pampas marina
But did we not see any Christmas in Pampas marina then? Well, apart from the fact that many of the houseboats are beautifully lit, suddenly, in the middle of Christmas Eve, a boat appeared that was... very decorated for Christmas.
So, what has been the best part of your week?
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Kenneth Risberg says:
Fyy how boring with the blog. Was in and looked last night and realised that it was not right. Now it looks good again but it can not have been so fun to sit around seven hours, puuhh.
Christmas seemed to have gone well anyway and as I usually say - as long as children and grandchildren are well, I am satisfied.
29 December 2017 - 8:52
Helena says:
It was a pain in the arse actually ... Not exactly what you wanted to do, but nice when you still feel like you got it right!
29 December 2017 - 13:03
Sandra Lifsresor.se says:
The same Christmas food as us. 🙂 We had also squeezed with lobster and crayfish. Liiiite too much food as you can understand ...
29 December 2017 - 8:53
Helena says:
Wonderful that you drove on the same "Christmas food" as us! Understand that you were filled with lobster and lobsters as well 🙂 🙂
29 December 2017 - 13:03
Solan says:
As usual, you get through all the problems. But it was a lot of work, I understand. A great Christmas table on your boat. Happy New Year 2018 young people ?
29 December 2017 - 9:21
Helena says:
Wonderful that we can feel so young sometimes, haha! 🙂 Wish you a really Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 13:04
Anki says:
So sad and so much extra work with the hacker attack! Well done to fix it so it works again!
We celebrated a traditional Christmas Eve with children, grandchildren at the eldest son's house with family 🙂 .
Wishing you a good end to this year and a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 9:32
Helena says:
Wishing you also a very Happy New Year Anki!
29 December 2017 - 13:04
Marina says:
Very sad with the blog, but nice that it was fixed in the end anyway! What a wonderful Christmas boat 🙂
29 December 2017 - 9:50
Helena says:
You got a little happy when you saw the Christmas boat! 🙂 Happy new year!
29 December 2017 - 13:42
Ama de casa says:
How unnecessary! That people should be inside and sabotage all the time. But nice that you are on the track again anyway, but what a struggle ... Hope they are stopped now, DUMhackarna!
A different Christmas table, but it looked good. Like the snowman on the boat too 🙂
I hope you can stay healthy now - both you and the blog.
29 December 2017 - 9:56
Helena says:
Thank you very much! Yes, both we and the blog are doing well, and we hope to do so for a while 🙂 Hackers do not have such a fun life perhaps ...? Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 14:35
Ditte says:
Noticed that the blog was intact yesterday. Very sad with a "hacker attack" and so unnecessary. It was a lot of extra and unnecessary work for you.
It's good that we're back on track with the blog and our health.
Sounds like a "good" Christmas Eve. Even for us it was seafood in the form of a fresh lobster each. The idea was significantly more but since there was little else for lunch, the lobsters were good enough.
It's Friday and many good things have happened this week. But to choose - well brilliant Christmas weather in Torrevieja and to sit outside and eat a good Christmas Eve lunch. There was also a very nice Christmas Day dinner with friends.
29 December 2017 - 10:03
Helena says:
We got the blog in order late last night. Lovely with nice Christmas Eve weather there in the south! 🙂
29 December 2017 - 14:36
Lena - good for the soul says:
Damn, how annoying to have to spend like seven hours on shit that someone else has done! USCH! Good that you could get everything in order in the end.
Best this week has been the whole week, I can probably say. So totally relaxed that I haven't known what day it is!
Hug Lena
29 December 2017 - 10:07
Helena says:
Yes, you can always spend your time on more fun things ... It would have been good if the hackers had something more fun to spend their time on 😉.
29 December 2017 - 14:37
Ida says:
Glad it worked out! All the best for the new year!
Hugs
29 December 2017 - 10:23
Helena says:
Thank you very much! Happy New Year Ida!
29 December 2017 - 14:38
Annette says:
Ugh, how annoying a hacker attack is. When I had my own company with an online shop, it happened to me. One morning the whole shop was replaced with Islamic slogans, it was really not fun... I'm glad you managed to solve it! Thank you for all the exciting posts this year, and the entire post bank that inspires!
29 December 2017 - 10:26
Helena says:
No, what a nightmare to wake up to Islamist slogans on your page!!! I hope that it was resolved without too much hassle!
29 December 2017 - 14:39
Mr Steve says:
Sorry about the hacker attack, but glad you managed to fix it all and are back in business. Just as well you gave up trying to explain your restoration work because I still didn't understand anything.
It is possible to celebrate Christmas with non-traditional food.
The Christmas-decorated boat does not appeal to me, but it certainly spread joy on its journey.
29 December 2017 - 10:28
Helena says:
Haha, no I know, it's not easy (and not very fun!) to try to understand that, so if you don't have to, don't bother!
29 December 2017 - 14:44
Renate's travels says:
Gosh, so sad about that hacker attack! I visited here a couple of times yesterday, and didn't quite realise what was happening until I saw your comment on my blog. Glad it worked out in the end, but so incredibly unnecessary that it had to happen.
Too bad with illness before Christmas too, but it seems like you had a great time anyway 🙂 Good weekend!
29 December 2017 - 10:29
Helena says:
Not fun with a hacker attack, but the good thing is that you learn something along the way... Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:18
Maggan and Ingemar says:
Says like everyone else, what a bore! If I had suffered the same misery, I wouldn't have made it on my own. You did it well. 🙂 There were Christmas celebrations with children and grandchildren and potlucks with Christmas food. However, we missed the snow and the sun. Now we long to go to the south, as it is far too dark and boring weather here at home. Getting a little jealous of your trip to Israel.
29 December 2017 - 11:25
Helena says:
It sounds like you had a nice Christmas holiday! Understand the desire to go south, certainly it is dark this year! Wishing you a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:25
åsa in åsele says:
So, what do these hackers get out of destroying others? I don't understand why someone would attack other people just because they can... something is really wrong in this world 🙁 .
It's crazy to hack a travel blog... as well as hacking municipalities, hospitals and whatever else.
Hood for winter vomiting, glad you kept it to yourself 😉.
Your Christmas table sounded absolutely perfect 🙂
29 December 2017 - 11:46
Helena says:
Well, you'd guess that people who hack other people's stuff don't have much of their own to be happy about ... otherwise you wouldn't do that, would you? Wishing you a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:26
Marianne - Glimpses of the world says:
So sad about the hacker attack! Well done on getting the blog fixed, I really didn't know what to do.
29 December 2017 - 12:16
Helena says:
It's not easy to know how to do it, but we were lucky to have support from one.com!
29 December 2017 - 17:27
Anna, New York - My Bite of the Big Apple says:
What a nightmare of a hacked blog! Fantastic job fixing everything again.
It's bad that you were sick before Christmas. Here we got the equivalent after Christmas instead, but I've been fine myself.
The best part of the week was having loved ones with us on Christmas Eve.
I wish you a happy end of the year!
Hugs
29 December 2017 - 15:22
Helena says:
I think there are some small things left to fix with the blog, but the most important thing is fixed, then we have to take one thing at a time. Wishing a really Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:28
BP says:
Agree with Steve, didn't understand either. Yes, WordPress I know what it is, but the rest... If they had happened to me, I would not have been able to do the horse job you did. Oh you look a bit tired in the picture, quite understandable ...
I would buy an "un-Christmassy buffet" with these delicacies in a heartbeat. As you have noted before, you and we have a few things in common:-)
29 December 2017 - 15:40
Helena says:
Well, it may be true that I looked a bit worn out there ... 😉 And yes, I have realised that we have a few things in common 🙂 Wishing you a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:30
Role o Carina says:
Ugh, so sad about hacker attacks, fearful of such shit!
We celebrated Christmas with a big win from Bingolotto 🙂 .
Have a happy ending and Happy New Year....
29 December 2017 - 15:40
Helena says:
Wow, big win from Bingolotto, that was not bad! BIG congratulations on that!!! And Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:32
:Criss-cross says:
So glad that you are well again and that it was possible to fix the blog, even if it took time!
29 December 2017 - 16:56
Helena says:
Most things work out in the end if you keep going... Wishing you a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 17:33
Berit "desires" says:
Ugh what h-e you got with the blog you poor things, I tried to go in but didn't succeed..,,,,of course!
Can really understand how incredibly annoying it was and how much work it took to fix it?
But thank goodness you're back!
Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 18:16
Helena says:
Yes, it was a pain ... Thank you very much for your nice greeting Berit and Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 19:24
Mr Chris says:
Great that you got the blog going again and if the hacker is reading this I hope he reads some self-help books this Christmas and spends his time on something more important in the future!
29 December 2017 - 19:33
Helena says:
Much of his time seems to be spent on rather pointless and boring things ...
29 December 2017 - 20:38
Matts Torebring says:
I checked several times and saw that your site was down. I HATE these evil people, who just want to sabotage. We've had it happen at work, so I know what it's all about. Good continuation
29 December 2017 - 19:35
Helena says:
Yes, it does make you crazy! What's wrong with people? Wishing you a good continuation and a Happy New Year!
29 December 2017 - 20:39