fraud affiliate account

Webmaster Discussion
#1

Hello! It has recently come to my attention that someone has hacked my website (queerpig.com), and replaced my affiliate links with his own links (I’m doing everything to secure my website to avoid a hack like this again).
I’ve been in touch with every single affiliate manager I know to get any accounts connected to these

email addresses: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
usernames: “queerpiig” (double “i”), “lihwak”
account holders: Youssef Azougagh, Said Ifkirn

banned immediately.

I ask any remaining affiliate managers and studio owners that I haven’t contacted yet, to please search your affiliate systems for these emails, and contact me if you can provide further information about this person.

Some affiliate managers have been contacted by this person, who told them that I had sold him ad space and that’s why his affiliate traffic is coming from my site …but of course he couldn’t provide a copy of the transaction or invoice when asked for it, because it never happened. Needless to say, I knew nothing about this until I had found some links rewritten in the affilite links plugin I used to have.

Also, let me know if you have been contacted by someone stating that they bought ad space on queerpig.com, or asked for anything stating that they were affiliated with queerpig.com but used an email address other than queerpig [at] gmail.com or contact [at] queerpig.com!

To fellow affiliates: please keep an eye on your links, and report any suspicious activity, because I may not be the only one affected.

Big thanks to all affiliate managers, who helped so far!

#2

Im so sorry to hear that, that’s really bad. I hope you get it all sorted out.

#3

Thank you! Every affiliate manager has been very helpful so far, and banned his accounts right away. I’m still waiting for a reply from multiple studios, but I hope we will get all his accounts banned eventually.

#4

I searched our system but came up empty for any of those options. If you find anything for us on your site, please reach out and I’ll get you sorted right away.

#5

Thank you, Brent, I appreciate your help!

#6

You’ve Got Mail!

#7

I’m sorry to hear this has happened to you. Did you figure out how that person got access? Maybe a malicious plugin?

#8

we had them, but almost no traffic in the 8 months since registering the account

#9

I’ve just updated my original post, since he’s using multiple email accounts and different names.

I used an affiliate links plugin that I paid for called Pretty Links. The developer keeps it updated…still, it got hacked somehow.