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Re: Hacked!
Yes, FTP does use plain text to send your data, but so do most username and password login forms on the internet, including Yahoo mail and Hotmail. Furthermore, MANY servers out there are not setup to recognize the private/public key encryption method used by SFTP. Yes, there are more secure methods out there, but a lot of times you just have to settle for a reasonable level of security.

Change your password often and don't use the same password in more than one place (although many of us do anyway.) Create regular back ups. Be sure to use a reliable web host with 24/7 monitoring. Security shouldn't be a major issue for a FIRST team site. It's unfortunate your site was hacked, but realize this sort of thing is uncommon. You should only really have to worry about advanced security if your site becomes quite large (receiving thousands of hits per day.)