Hacked Websites

HN users discuss discovering their websites, often WordPress-based, have been compromised via vulnerabilities, leading to malware injection, defacements, and Google Safe Browsing flags.

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bholzer Jan 6, 2015 View on HN

It is possible that the site was hacked to serve malware.

stakkur May 15, 2020 View on HN

Surely this is their hosting provider getting hacked, not the 'site'?

JBReefer Oct 25, 2016 View on HN

It looks like his site has been hacked

thefreeman Dec 26, 2012 View on HN

Looks like a lot of sites were hacked. Clicking through the safebrowsing link above reveals ~1600 other domains.

intrr Jan 26, 2023 View on HN

Looks like it has been hacked. The "qwe.sh" looks very suspicious.

raverbashing Jun 27, 2020 View on HN

I would recheck logs and content hosted on the website and its subdomainsMaybe one of the other users has something really out there being shared in another subdomain(Or it might not be a customer - but someone who found a vulnerability and is hosting questionable content unbeknownst to him)

waltwalther Jan 2, 2018 View on HN

Same here. Several people have commented same. Site may have been compromised.

tmaly Sep 11, 2017 View on HN

Thanks for the heads up, looks like my site was hacked. I will have to fix that later today.

shikhil587 Feb 1, 2016 View on HN

Yes looks like it has been hacked and defaced.

_b8r0 Apr 13, 2011 View on HN

Is cleanup on Wordpress.com/org something Sucuri.net can help with? Is there an opportunity for Sucuri to do something at a special rate for affected HN'ers?