THIS IS A MUST GUYS!Originally Posted by conran
We got hacked really bad if you remember correctly. This time it seems someone or something was after us and was very relentless. We lost over $40,000 worth of damage not to mention the 40 sum sites that were affected. We had to shut down many of our sites and sell the domains to compensate the cost of damage.
One thing I must say that after we did get hacked, it was too late to repair anything. It was found to come in through an old wordpress we had installed that we forgot all about.
In non-technical terms... The hacker got in, uploaded a virus. The virus was set somehow to attack one hidden file every 30 seconds. After it ate those destroying them, it wormed it's way to the main files. We could not go back to a recent backup date. It had been too late.
This could happen to you. Take a look at HunkMoneyLuke. He has a huge empire of websites. Luke relies on his paysites to earn his living. If Luke got wiped out, he would be in a horrible position. As would we all.
KEEP YOUR WORDPRESS, CMS, SHOPPING CARTS, OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF SCRIPTS AND PROGRAMS SECURED AND UP TO DATE! You could lose your entire business in minutes if not a matter of seconds. We nearly faced it. Luckily, our big profit sites were on another server. Otherwise, we would have faced the possibilities of going out of business. Members would cancel immediately, obviously no new joins, etc. And if you rebuilt and opened up shop, who'd trust you?
Always keep a list of domains that use wordpress or any other form of CMS's and such.
A calendar is always best to make yourself a note.
KEEP YOUR SITES BACKED UP ON A HARD DRIVE!
We now have 2 external hard drives everything is backed up on. Same copies. Double the backup. We update our backups every Friday.
You never know what could happen.
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