Cleaning up a Hacked Website

Hacked

I’ve been hacked!

Hackers attack websites for a variety of purposes. Apart from defacement hacks more and more sites are becoming targets for criminals attempting to steal data – passwords, bank account details etc. There are numerous articles which describe such attacks, and that type of hack requires immediate specialist intervention and assistance. While this article here deals specifically with defacement hacks, the resources recommended here are equally applicable to all website hacking situations.

I hope that readers haven’t had the following experience. Here’s a typical scenario: [Read more…]