A compromised WordPress site with unauthorized access and backdoors was investigated, cleaned, and hardened against future attacks.
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01
The problem
What was discovered.
The website had been compromised and was showing suspicious behavior, with signs of unauthorized access and changes no one had made.
02
The investigation
What I looked into.
The WordPress installation, plugins, themes, user accounts, and affected files were reviewed to trace the attack path. The compromise was cleaned, suspicious access was removed, and security hardening was applied.
03
The result
What was resolved.
The website was recovered to a secure working state and strengthened to reduce the risk of a repeat compromise.