While you make an incredibly interesting point (especially considering ALL of my freelanced clients are on Bluehost as it was cheap and fit their PHP needs perfectly), I would be hesitant to pull the religion card on this one.
Not because its not possible that a disgruntled anti-Mormon hacker targeted them for an attack (you've made a good argument for that), but that once you play that card, its difficult to take it back.
Ancillary Note: I doubt the one-off nature of the attack, and because of the way Bluehost handled it I will no longer be using Bluehost, or its subsidiary - Hostmonster.com, in the future.
If you guys are reading this - you just lost a lot of future customers.
I think you raise a good point, and you are right one needs to be careful about 'the religion card'.
However, when I perform analysis of a security incident I want to consider both the technical means that was exploited but also an understanding of why it took place in the first place.
Apart from worms/etc, most hack attacks involve human effort, time and skill and so people don't do them without a strong motivation. It might be financial but if it isn't then I want to get into the head of the attacker and understand why.
In conclusion, all I'm saying is that if you are an innocent hostee on Bluehost who is wondering why you got attacked, it might be because some anti-mormon hackers decided to get into their shit. And if you didn't know Bluehost was a super pro-Mormon outfit, you'd have never known or be armed with the information to make an informed choice of where you put your website.
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While you make an incredibly interesting point (especially considering ALL of my freelanced clients are on Bluehost as it was cheap and fit their PHP needs perfectly), I would be hesitant to pull the religion card on this one.
Not because its not possible that a disgruntled anti-Mormon hacker targeted them for an attack (you've made a good argument for that), but that once you play that card, its difficult to take it back.
Ancillary Note: I doubt the one-off nature of the attack, and because of the way Bluehost handled it I will no longer be using Bluehost, or its subsidiary - Hostmonster.com, in the future.
If you guys are reading this - you just lost a lot of future customers.
I think you raise a good point, and you are right one needs to be careful about 'the religion card'.
However, when I perform analysis of a security incident I want to consider both the technical means that was exploited but also an understanding of why it took place in the first place.
Apart from worms/etc, most hack attacks involve human effort, time and skill and so people don't do them without a strong motivation. It might be financial but if it isn't then I want to get into the head of the attacker and understand why.
In conclusion, all I'm saying is that if you are an innocent hostee on Bluehost who is wondering why you got attacked, it might be because some anti-mormon hackers decided to get into their shit. And if you didn't know Bluehost was a super pro-Mormon outfit, you'd have never known or be armed with the information to make an informed choice of where you put your website.