Haxor to Stereogum: Sufjan Will Be the End of You

Um so someone just asked me “What happened to Stereogum?” So I headed over and saw this:

stereogum.com hacked

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For those who can’t read minus 20 point font, it says:

Hello Scott.

What happened to my site?

Your server has been compromised on a root level and has at least 3-4 different exploits installed.

WTF? By whom? Pitchfork?

Perhaps SUFJAN was a poor password.

How am I gonna post that MP3 of snippets from every song on the new Dylan album? Sounds really promising! Heavy on the R&B swing that made Love And Theft his best album in decades.

Fix your fucking blog dude.

Yikes! Burn. :(

UPDATE: So according to comments, Scott put up that message himself…too bad, a hacker putting it up would have been better. Sometimes the truth is less interesting than fiction. I’m too busy freaking out about Pete Wentz’s GAP ads to care either way.

5 Comments

  1. rachel says:

    oh snap!!!!! i don’t even read the site but i feel sorry for him! that’s just mean…. :(

  2. Nilina says:

    That is so cool! I went yesterday when he had the message “we’re working on it” and now this! I mean it SUCKS to get hacked, but if you’re going to-a super cool/creepy vendeta at least makes for some intertesting times. That person is really sad. And enjoyable.

  3. Amrit says:

    Scott posted that message. Everyone thinks the hacker did! haha

  4. David says:

    Yeah, give Scott a little credit.

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