Breath in, breath out… The Checklist and Guide to recover your site and reputation after a hack

The heart starts pounding, the mind races, anxiety kicks in — that’s the normal reaction to a successful hack. So let’s act and correct: let’s apply what we call Incident Response. First, put the case in perspective; understanding its real dimension helps you calm down with the certainty that taking action toward recovery brings. From there, a step-by-step checklist to recover the site and the reputation, and what to revisit afterwards so it doesn’t happen again.

2022 WordFest Live edition. The same talk was later presented at WordCamp Finland 2023.