A 2005 warning that the blogging world ignored — and is still paying for

Editor’s note (March 2026): This article is part of Blog Herald’s editorial archive. Originally published in 2005, it has been reviewed and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. Back in February 2005, a small but unsettling story circulated among early bloggers. Some sites hosted on Google’s BlogSpot platform were quietly serving spyware to…