Why would anyone want to hack my website?

– Because hackers use automated software that searches the Internet for vulnerable websites. You have a good chance that this software will scan your website as well;

– Because some people like to highlight /exploit your website’s vulnerabilities;

– Because once the hacker take control, he can use the information and resources of your website.

 

– steals useful data such as: list of users, email addresses, data related to online payments, passwords, etc.;

– redirects visitors to other websites (usually gambling webwebsites or porn websites);

– apply phishing schemes;

– infects visitors’ computers;

– use the resources of the server on which the website operates to run various applications;

– etc.

 

– Long loading times;

– Many spam comments;

– Links that lead nowhere;

– Non-functional website;

– Website that works with major errors;

– Website blacklisted by search engines;

– Links to websites that appear in Google searches as unsafe;

– etc.

 

In most cases, cleaning the website is a time consuming and very expensive process. Many times you can’t do much and you will have to restore the website from a back-up. If you have such a thing. If you don’t, you will have to rebuild the website from scratch.

 

But you can prevent such a situation. Ask the team that maintains your website or those who built the website to do the following:

– to install on the website specialized security modules, which allow blocking of cyber attacks;

– to update regularly and in time all the software running on the website;

– not to use unlicensed, untested and unsafe software modules in the construction of the website.