Official Google Webmaster Central Blog

#NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness

Posted: 25 Aug 2014 12:17 PM PDT

Webmaster level: All

This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to bring awareness to hacking attacks and offer tips on how to keep your sites safe from hackers.

We held the campaign in 11 languages on multiple channels including Google+, Twitter and Weibo. About 1 million people viewed our tips and hundreds of users used the hashtag #NoHacked to spread awareness and to share their own tips. Check them out below!

Posts we shared during the campaign:

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/1BzXjgJMGFU

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/TMhfwQG3p8P

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/AcUS4WhF6LL

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/DUTpSGmkBUP

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleWebmasters/posts/UjZRbySM5gM

Some of the many tips shared by users across the globe:

Pablo Silvio Esquivel from Brazil recommends users not to use pirated software (source)
Rens Blom from the Netherlands suggests using different passwords for your accounts, changing them regularly, and using an extra layer of security such as two-step authentication (source)
Дмитрий Комягин from Russia says to regularly monitor traffic sources, search queries and landing pages, and to look out for spikes in traffic (source)
工務店コンサルタント from Japan advises everyone to choose a good hosting company that's knowledgeable in hacking issues and to set email forwarding in Webmaster Tools (source)
Kamil Guzdek from Poland advocates changing the default table prefix in wp-config to a custom one when installing a new WordPress to lower the risk of the database from being hacked (source)

Hacking is still a surprisingly common issue around the world so we highly encourage all webmasters to follow these useful tips. Feel free to continue using the hashtag #NoHacked to share your own tips or experiences around hacking prevention and awareness. Thanks for supporting the #NoHacked campaign!

And in the unfortunate event that your site gets hacked, we'll help you toward a speedy and thorough recovery:

Posted by your friendly #NoHacked helpers