In the past few days, some web hosts have been experiencing targeted attacks. A lot of WordPress sites have been hacked, and some regular web sites, too. Here’s the story:

Large-scale WordPress Attacks – from the H Security site

Apparently it’s not too difficult to get rid of the hack, so it should not be a disaster if you get hacked. The big question is how are the hackers getting in. Nobody is quite sure yet. My guess is user names and passwords are being stolen by malware on people’s computers. So… the lesson here is always keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and have a good backup of your web site.