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Answered Recovering from site hack

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    dan_arclight Reply #1, 5 years, 9 months ago
    Hi,

    I have several sites that have been hacked recently - I can get restore copies. Can anyone tell me - Do I need to restore the MySQL database files, or does the hack only affect files and folders?

    This question has been answered by chrisandy. See the first response.

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      chrisandy Reply #2, 5 years, 9 months ago
      So far I've not heard of anybody having a compromised DB but if you have a recent back up (before July 17th), I would use it. Don't forget to upgrade all extras and especially the Gallery snippet (if installed) to the latest version.
        Web site design in Nottingham UK by Chris Fickling http://www.chrisficklingdesign.co.uk
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        dan_arclight Reply #3, 5 years, 9 months ago
        Quote from: chrisandy at Jul 30, 2018, 11:34 AM
        So far I've not heard of anybody having a compromised DB but if you have a recent back up (before July 17th), I would use it. Don't forget to upgrade all extras and especially the Gallery snippet (if installed) to the latest version.

        Many thanks. Ive just recovered one site without a DB backup - thanks for reminding me about the Gallery snippet! I did have to add the 'name' field to the mox_context in the mySql table though to get the auto-updater to work...
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          chrisandy Reply #4, 5 years, 9 months ago
          Might be worth just checking the database for any users that shouldn't be there but as I say, I've not heard of anybody having problems there.
            Web site design in Nottingham UK by Chris Fickling http://www.chrisficklingdesign.co.uk