Well all the attention from Freshmeat over the CheckBook tracker software I released finally brought my first successful hacker. My website was deleted (including all subdirectories) and replaced with a page saying "You've been paved." - at about 2:00 AM EST

The hacker exploited a global variable flaw in the phpWebsite software I run for content management that's been known about for 4 days. Unfortunately I didn't know about it. I've restored from backup and notified his ISP's security department.

So, point is - my website is back up.

Not bad for being online 24 hours a day for about 7 years. I'm extremely concious of security concerns and keep all patches updated, plus a firewall, etc...

-Tony