Why do people want to attack blogs? What are they getting out of it and where is the point?

Well, for many I am sure that they are just doing it for the fun of the attack. If they can invade your blog and leave a message or two they are happy! It is a sad thing to do, but they do try it.

But for most there is a reason to do it and that is to steal the power in your blog. Search engines put a lot of emphasis in blog links, so if they can take over your blog and add loads of links to their own websites, they are getting a huge benefit. It does not matter that in the process they can completely destroy your blog!

For others the purpose is to spread viruses, malware and other software. They can plant files in your blog and hope that readers access them. They might invite your readers to open a file expecting that your readers trust you, see the link and follow it without question, installing bad software onto their computer. Or they can upload scripts an call them as images so that when they open they do the same trick.

In all, there is profit in attacking your blog and if you read accounts of attacks it is common that there are multiple attacks. Attackers suceed and leave a backdoor, which is not closed. They can then come back using that and it can be this second attack in which the actual damage is carried out. That is why a full reinstall of a clean version of your blog is needed after any sucessful attack.

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