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Valentin Vesa is part of the great Sucuri team, the widely-used website security provider, and our Plesk partner. They offer SaaS cloud-based solutions to system admins to ensure integrity and availability of their websites. However, Val’s first contact with Sucuri came well before his employment. See how Sucuri saved him from hackers. His story from WordCamp Seattle – #WCSEA.
Val started the ShoeBox project in his family during Christmas 2007. He tried to teach his boy to share toys and clothes with other poor children from the building. They then used to go around locally and “advertise” the campaign through Yahoo messenger statuses and email groups.
In 2009, the charity project got too big for Yahoo messenger, so it was time to create a website. Val decided to “Get online in 5 minutes” with WordPress and got a free theme since it was a non-profit project. Soon enough, it grew into a multinational charity and all was going well. Until the website experienced a hacking attack.
And there were major direct impacts:
Val conducted a few self-checks to discover what had gone wrong.
He even changed the passwords for FTP and cPanel and scanned the access computer for keyloggers and malware. This worked and the website was now clean and back online. But only for two days. Because on December 24, there was a new attack!
Val realized that it was about time to ask for help. And a quick Google search led him to Sucuri, a globally recognized cybersecurity company for websites and web applications. Using their live chat, he got the professional help he needed. And Sucuri fixed and secured Val’s website in no time.
Only after being hacked did Val understand that when it came to websites, “Security is not a do-it-yourself project”. You need professional software and protection, whether you’re there or not.
Looking at the big picture, when compared to other CMS platforms, WordPress remains the most at risk. Year on year, other platforms get less attacks, while WordPress accounts for 83% of attacks, even more than the 74% from the previous year.
You can check the 2017 Sucuri Hacked Website Report for full details.
Later, convinced by the quick help Sucuri provided in 2014, Val started forwarding positive feedback on social media to Sucuri. And he even gave advice on how to improve their website content and social media presence.
Sucuri appreciated Val’s help and shortly thereafter, created a social media specialist position within the company. Val applied and landed his dream job within the Sucuri team. Now, not only is he passionate about his work, but his remote shifts allow him to spend more time with his family too. Ever passionate about social media, Val’s slogan remains “If you want to do social media, you have to love people.”
Here’s what we can take away from Val’s story.
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