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Blogger probs again

phil ringnalda dot com: Blogger cracked, redux:

Former Blogger users: it's time once again to think back, and try to remember whether you've already changed every FTP password you ever gave to Blogger.

Man, exactly what I was thinking. I think I had changed them all, but now I can't get in to find out iffen I was right. I'm just going to dump my account as soon as I can log in to Blogger again. I haven't touched Blogger since I started using MT.

Incidentally, the notice at status.blogger.com currently says:

Also, if you store your FTP login information in Blogger, it wouldn't hurt to change that on your server-though it is unlikely that information was accessed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Why is it unlikely, I wonder? Did they disguise the column names? Are they encrypted (now that would be smart)? And also, Sorry for the inconvenience in this context is a bit too casual, methinks.

UPDATE: Blogger is back up. I logged in, saw that my ftp username was there but not the password. Whether that was due to my not storing it there or it being blanked during the server restore I dunno. I do vaguely remember making the decision to not keep it there anymore after the last hacktrusion, so that's the likely answer. I'll delete the unused blog later today.

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a bit?

OK, a lot.