Cassie Witt Wordpress Programmer and Designer, Digital Marketer, Writer, Geek.

Current Projects

My list of current business, writing, coding, and personal projects.
  • The Frustrated Marketer Newsletter
  • Programming Some Automations for My Day Job
  • Revamping Team 3 Media
  • Finishing Short Stories
  • Gearing up for NaNoWriMo with a new novel
  • Thriller on C-Street
  • Reorganizing My Life

Novel Stats

WIP Title: Project Marshmallow
21% Complete
10,319 of 50,000 words

Hacked! Ack!

Some of you know that my current day job involves web design and development. As part of that job, we occasionally have to recover a hacked site. We primarily build in WordPress. As much as I love that platform, I’m the first to admit that it can have security issues…especially if you don’t update your WordPress version. Apparently, I had not been doing that…

I should know better, of course… and I also shouldn’t have been surprised when it happened. But I was.

When I saw the email from Google Webmaster, I thought…non I have not been hacked. No way.

So, I had to check it out for myself. The site wasn’t just hacked, the entire site was no longer showing up.

I spent quite a while going through files and checking the database. Finally, after 2 hours, I found the last bit of malicious code lurking, and got it back up! So, everything’s working and secure again.

Let this be a warning to you. If you don’t update WordPress, you could end up getting hacked. In addition to bringing your website down, it could also negatively affect your search engine rankings.

Author Details

Hi, I’m Cassie. I love books and media and think that they have the power to change our lives. I also love to write, play games like Minecraft and ARK, cook, run, and dance. For a living, I provide Digital Marketing and Website Design services under the company I founded Team 3 Media. Currently, I’m working on writing more, learning to bake better bread, and staying consistent with my health and fitness goals.

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