friendster hacked?

Not really one of the first thoughts I had when a friend of mine posted a comment on my friendster account with an almost nude picture of a woman captioned ’see me naked’. Of course I would love to (lol), but then I know its a member of the adware and malware population lurking over the Internet. This means that: [1] her friendster was hacked, or [2] her PC and friendster were hacked.

I was right and wrong at the same time.

I was right that her account was hacked. I was wrong to think that only her account was hacked. It turns out that many other friendster subscribers had their accounts ‘hacked’, and soon enough a handful other friends submitted similar pictures and captions to my comments box. Good thing, I configured my account to wait for my approval before any comment will be posted live. Besides, even if it’s posted on my page outright, I only get less than a hundred profile views per month. Minor problem.

And then, a former officemate posted this in the bulletin: “Friendster Members Hacked by Free Webcam Site”

I erased personal details and uploaded photos from my friendster account right away just for safeguarding. It might have been too late, but you’ll never know. I hope I won’t see my pictures on some bogus or malicious websites for any reason. I wish my personal details haven’t been compromised. Darn, imagine the possibilities. And imagine how dumb I am, together with you and billion other world-wide-webbed human beings, for letting this happen.

But then again, subscribing to these technologies seemed inevitable. Let’s just hope the sites, organizations, and webcampaigns we subscribed into have secured databases and impenetrable systems and networks. But hey, wake up, that’s wishful thinking.