Mike Holly just e-mailed me to inform us that Bishop Willimon's blog was hacked by someone, and a false message put up there in his name.
I linked to it in the MBWR (still unedited). My usual skim of his post didn't reveal anything out of the ordinary or seem to be odd writing for Willimon. So the hacker wasn't deeply malicious, or my reading was too cursory.
Very odd. Head over to Mike's blog for updates. He seems to have the inside scoop.
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7 comments:
What kinds of things were posted? How did this happen? Thanks.
It was a rather innocuous post. I have no idea how it could have happened.
The whole situation is very suspicious. I'm not sure that we're getting the whole story.
Does someone have a copy of what was posted? There's been a lot of discussion across the web about it, but without ever sharing what the post actually contained. I'd like to make a decision based on the actual text. I agree that this is very suspicious. Why the apparent need to silence the whole matter? As a conservative minister in the UMC, I know several who have tried to challenge the Bishop in many varied ways -- and they have been quickly marginalized. I wonder if these things are related? I wonder how this happened?
Here's my recollection.
Thanks John -- I'm glad to finally know what the general subject matter was. I just wish I could have read it myself -- I wonder if there were any parallels in it. How did it disappear so fast? As soon as I heard about it, I tried to find a copy, but I guess it was not retained anywhere. Thanks again. I've just looked briefly, but I love what I've seen on your blog... good work.
Just heard about this. How come no one ever knew what the post said? Why would someone hack a site to post something about humility? Anyway, I wish I could have read it. What did the Bishop think of it?
I didn't see anything wrong with the post, so if it was fake, it had no apparent malicious intent.
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