Hacked!
Ok so mere hours after I submitted that last post on the Trojan being used to carry out increasingly widespread fraud within the US, and the work at home scam that gets them their “mules”, guess what happened?
Well you read the post title so you already know. I was hacked!
My twitter account was hacked, and I sent wonderful Direct Message spam to literally like 100 of my followers. Can you say very red face?! Why very red you say? Well apparently I invited everyone to find out all about how I have better sex. To my followers. To businesses that follow me. And to family. So wonderful to get those messages telling me what I sent them! 
So if I spammed you, I am so sorry… I am going to be a little more vigilant and I really hope it never happens again!
My home PC also got a trojan on it that it took me a whole day to get rid of. Sneaky little bugger.
But despite this, because you guys all gave me wonderful feedback and encouraged me to write a few more computer-security related posts, I will!
Later this week I will put up a post on warning signs that your PC may be infected, and what you can do to minimize the risks of infection.
In the meantime, let me tell you what’s happening elsewhere in the world. While most of you are freezing your butts off, I’m roasting. It is really really hot here. And I don’t say that to make you jealous.
It’s just REALLY hot here.
Like water shortage hot.
Like water restrictions in effect hot.
Like public advisories – please limit showers to 3 mins and refrain from using hoses – hot.
Like my lawn is brown and parched and turning to dust hot.
(How the heck are mosquitoes coming back around already? There’s no water for them to breed in! What are these? Bionic mosquitoes?)
Anyway, couldja send some of that snow down this way and let it melt over my house? The kids would really appreciate it!
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About Me
A 30-ish mother of 3 and unintentional entrepreneur, I started my own IT Consultancy firm after layoffs at my old job. I balance the world of Corporate IT with my life as Manager of the education, health and well-being of my children.
Blogging from the Caribbean, I give tech advice to moms and write about raising 3 kids under 10, one of whom has been diagnosed with Aspergers.