Online security is an incredibly complex topic, yet the vast majority of websites are hacked because they are missing basic security measures that anyone can take. I wrote this with WordPress in mind, but the principles apply to any kind of website.
WARNING Seasoned IT professionals may laugh at the basic points this article touches on. This is not for you, but for mere mortals targeted by script kiddies.
UPDATE, May 27th 2021: We have successfully completed the maintenance operation. The downtime was 49 minutes in the worse case and for some of the customers it took just a few minutes.
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In the last few months, we have been preparing and testing new network equipment and a new network architecture, which brings a high redundancy level, an increased data traffic capacity and an additional protection against cyber attacks. We are about to replace the network equipment in the Bucharest data center by modern ones.
