Tim

I've redacted your email from that post. Won't help much, but perhaps some.

This post is very likely how:
http://forums.gpsreview.net/discussion/comment/195675/#Comment_195675

There is a fork of that plugin that has seen updates as recently as last year, haven't checked it out otherwise:
https://github.com/kniebremser/wp-gpx-maps

"did not directly make a payment to the hackers"

That leads one to think they "indirectly" made a payment to them.

Guess I'll just continue to use it this way, or use my 4-year-old iPhone (which has limited battery life).

My 3.5 year old iPhone also has a weak battery. I went into an Apple Store the other day and was going to have the battery replaced for $49. An hour later the tech said they saw some internal damage to the antenna. (That's a mystery to me.) So they replaced the phone with a new one (refurb, probably) for $49.