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Recovering & Securing a Hacked, Outdated Website

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Recovering & Securing a Hacked, Outdated Website

From repeatedly hacked and outdated to clean, current and actively maintained.

Snapshot
Client
A business whose neglected website had been hacked repeatedly
Outcome
Clean, current and maintained
The problem

Hacked repeatedly, and out of date

A business came to us because their website had been badly neglected and was hacked all over. It was running heavily outdated software and plugins and had been compromised repeatedly, with malware and unauthorised changes scattered across the site. Every attempt to patch over the symptoms failed, because the underlying software was old and full of known holes for attackers to walk back through.

What we did

Cleaned out, brought current, then hardened

We analysed the site to understand how it had been compromised and what the attackers had left behind. We cleaned it out thoroughly, removing the malware, injected code and any rogue accounts, then brought the software fully up to date and hardened it against the routes that had let attackers in. Once it was clean and stable, we moved the site onto our managed website hosting and website maintenance services, where it receives daily attention: updates applied as they are released, monitoring, and regular checks, so problems are caught and closed quickly instead of building up again.

The impact

Watched over daily, so it stays secure

The site went from repeatedly hacked and out of date to clean, current and actively maintained. The daily maintenance keeps it patched and watched over, giving it the best possible chance of staying secure and not being compromised again.

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