19th October 2026
An unexpected hostname and how I checked before I panicked
I noticed my computer had an unusual hostname - how to check before you worry about being hacked
Mike Street
I am CTO and Lead Developer for Brighton-based web agency Liquid Light. I'm into anything DevOps, SysOps, InfoSec, CI/CD and anything else to do with web development.
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