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Earlier in the week a couple of friends were nice enough to let me know that Google
Fortunately I take regular backups, and the easiest way to fix was to restore the WordPress files from a backup (after of course confirming that the backup was Malware free). Â My Database was not impacted so I did not have to restore it.
I am still trying to determine how the malicious code found its way in, Â I am careful with my site using secure SSH and WordPress passwords, the only WordPress Plugins I use are well known and trusted, but I would like to solve this mystery.
In the mean time some lessons learned (or reinforced) and action items
Thanks to having working backups this was not a big deal, but I would like to figure out how the malware found its way in, and what I can do to better protect myself in the future.
Has your site ever been hacked? Did I miss anything on my cleanup? Â Have any suggestions to better protect my site? Please share them in comments below.