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Hello,
I am after advice from people who know about website development.
I came up with an idea for a website after reading the Millionaires Fastlane. It took me about a year to bite the bullet, save up money and hire a team of developers to create a website. I researched the wed design companies thoroughly and went with the one that had headquarters in the USA and India and had a big portfolio of serious projects.
Eight months later my website went live. It took three times longer to complete than estimated as it had complicated algorithms and other things designed. It's not a two-page website to display products, there is a lot built into it.
Three days after the website went live, my developer in India I liaised with, got in touch to ask why I changed my website. I went online to check it and boom!... my website was gone, replaced with a basic one page template. I couldn't access the admin site... My initial reaction was something went wrong with the hosting server... But no, it was hacked. The developer blamed me for disclosing the passwords to someone else. But the only people who knew about the website was the developers team and myself. I have not told anyone while I was deciding on my next steps. The website was not being used to process any money or services and I have not advertised it anywhere. The developer fixed it there and then; within 10 minutes I had my website back. "That was very strange" I thought to myself but was happy it was resolved so quickly. I changed everything I could think of - all emails, passwords. I backed up the website on the server.
Today (one month later) I go on my website ...and it's gone. Replaced by a one page template saying "Hacked by Mr. Green". Again, I cannot access the website admin site. Same style as before...
The question that bugs me is who would go to such length hacking a literally unknown, small-scale website that is not affiliated with any big company and not a lot of money can be made off? I still have not told anyone about the website since it's completion as I was busy with other things. How did they bypass the new passwords?
Is it possible that the developers left a backdoor access and are messing with me trying to squeeze some money out of me? I know nothing of website development which they know and they are the only ones that know about it other than me. Obviously, it was live but so are the millions of other unknown sites that no one bothers to hack.
What is my best course of action? How easy is it to find if there is a backdoor access left somewhere and how costly would it be? Has anyone had it happened to them?
Thanks in advance!
Rainy State
I am after advice from people who know about website development.
I came up with an idea for a website after reading the Millionaires Fastlane. It took me about a year to bite the bullet, save up money and hire a team of developers to create a website. I researched the wed design companies thoroughly and went with the one that had headquarters in the USA and India and had a big portfolio of serious projects.
Eight months later my website went live. It took three times longer to complete than estimated as it had complicated algorithms and other things designed. It's not a two-page website to display products, there is a lot built into it.
Three days after the website went live, my developer in India I liaised with, got in touch to ask why I changed my website. I went online to check it and boom!... my website was gone, replaced with a basic one page template. I couldn't access the admin site... My initial reaction was something went wrong with the hosting server... But no, it was hacked. The developer blamed me for disclosing the passwords to someone else. But the only people who knew about the website was the developers team and myself. I have not told anyone while I was deciding on my next steps. The website was not being used to process any money or services and I have not advertised it anywhere. The developer fixed it there and then; within 10 minutes I had my website back. "That was very strange" I thought to myself but was happy it was resolved so quickly. I changed everything I could think of - all emails, passwords. I backed up the website on the server.
Today (one month later) I go on my website ...and it's gone. Replaced by a one page template saying "Hacked by Mr. Green". Again, I cannot access the website admin site. Same style as before...
The question that bugs me is who would go to such length hacking a literally unknown, small-scale website that is not affiliated with any big company and not a lot of money can be made off? I still have not told anyone about the website since it's completion as I was busy with other things. How did they bypass the new passwords?
Is it possible that the developers left a backdoor access and are messing with me trying to squeeze some money out of me? I know nothing of website development which they know and they are the only ones that know about it other than me. Obviously, it was live but so are the millions of other unknown sites that no one bothers to hack.
What is my best course of action? How easy is it to find if there is a backdoor access left somewhere and how costly would it be? Has anyone had it happened to them?
Thanks in advance!
Rainy State
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