Fixing a Hacked Site

Session Description

Your phone rings. A client informs you that a WordPress site YOU developed and maintain for them has been hacked. Where do you begin? What do you do? How will you prevent it from happening again?

WordPress may be secure, but the people who use it aren’t. In the past year I can think of 4 specific instances where I’ve had to un-hack a website. This is intended towards developers who have had or could ever have a site they need to clean up.The goal is to help them keep a cool head when something comes up.

Learning Outcomes

• Find the cause of a hack
• Establish a plan to remove the hack
• Remove hacks from a site or server
• Increase security on their website to prevent future hacks

User level

All attendees are welcome to come to this session but the ones that will likely benefit the most are beginner, intermediate & advanced developers..

Prerequisites

The technical knowledge required to understand this session is to have a basic understanding of how WordPress works.

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