DesB Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 33 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: I found the same PDF as @alias posted was the first Google search result for Douglas Valley Cruising Club https://www.google.com/search?q=Douglas+Valley+Cruising+Club Was that before or after the link was posted here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, DesB said: Was that before or after the link was posted here? About the same time. I too was looking for contact details to help the original poster, but when I refreshed this thread the pdf was linked so I didn't repost it. I do note that the handbook in question is the 2020 version so has presumably been available on that link for more than two years - the link itself didn't turn up in google results because of @alias's recent posting but it is quite likely that the spammers picked it up via this site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 hour ago, DesB said: The club in question has now removed the handbook file from their website and has further password-protected their upload directory. Alias says that they are not a member of an AWCC club; I would be most interested to learn where they got the link to the file from so that we can ensure such leaks do not occur in the future - you can PM me, unfortunately I cannot PM you as my number of postings on this forum is insufficient to allow me to do so. Apologies that I seem to have unintentionally caused your club some inconvenience. This was inadvertent because since the link showed up in a Google search I had not realised it was confidential. The link was live for me on the date I posted it. There's another detail that might be useful to you that I will PM you now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesB Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, alias said: Apologies that I seem to have unintentionally caused your club some inconvenience. This was inadvertent because since the link showed up in a Google search I had not realised it was confidential. The link was live for me on the date I posted it. There's another detail that might be useful to you that I will PM you now. Thanks for the response and additional info in your PM. When I Googled the full link to the file, only 2 results were returned - a link to the file itself and a link to this thread. Clearly my arithmetic skills are a little rusty, as 2+2 does not make 5! I guess we will never know where the initial leak came from. It is also a timely warning that basic WordPress security leaves a lot to be desired. Incidentally, it is not my club - I am a member of a different AWCC club but run the AWCC website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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