The panic in the blogosphere is palpable. Some rotter hacked into Wordpress 2.1.1 before the code was released, potentially allowing Al Quaeda a backdoor into our homes. Well, that’s how it sounds.

We are being urged by all manner of worthies to upgrade IMMEDIATELY to WP 2.1.2.

Now that’s all very well, but I guess the majority of users will be on hosted servers and rely on Fantastico (or its equivalent) to present upgrade options. I just checked on one of our hosted servers and the upgrade option is — you guessed it — 2.1.1, and has been for days. It’s still there as I type at 11.30 GMT Sunday morning, March 4.

Shouldn’t someone at Wordpress ping the Fantasticos and tell them, “Houston, we have a problem”? Come on Matt. I can hear Osama sharpening his sword.