2019, Information, Site Rebuild, What

Abelfamily.ca Attacked Again

It is a sort of good news, bad news story.

The bad news is that Abelfamily.ca was hacked for the third time and it is getting pretty tiresome.

The good news is that I was able to fix the issue in about an hour.

Warning: Tech Talk Ahead

So this attack came from Tunisia for some reason. Typically the hackers gain access to the site’s administration panel. Then they change the password to all WordPress users (I’m the only one).

My Internet Service Provider changed the password to the site’s administrative panel very quickly. You can eliminate the bogus passwords and reestablish the correct email using PHPMyAdmin. It looks as though you are finished at that point but you are not, you need to use the reset my password feature, then receive an email and follow the instructions.