Title: Advice needed about hacking activity
Last modified: February 25, 2018

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# Advice needed about hacking activity

 *  Resolved [tomdkat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdkat/)
 * (@tomdkat)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-needed-about-hacking-activity/)
 * Hi! One of the WordPress sites I maintain is being hosted on a server that’s 
   been compromised. I’m getting Wordfence log entries identifying bots searching
   my site for various plugins or trying to upload files, etc. I can’t block the
   IP address since it’s the same IP address as _my_ site and Wordfence can’t do
   the things it normally does.
 * Short of getting the site moved to another server, what kind of protection can
   Wordfence offer for something attacking my site from the same server the site
   is hosted on?
 * Thanks!
 * Peace…

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 *  [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-needed-about-hacking-activity/#post-10016353)
 * WF will step in here with some feedback I’m sure, but in the meantime – very 
   little can be done, if the problem is at the hosting server level (which is out
   of scope for WF, which exists at the site level.)
 * That kind of problem is the responsibility of the hosting server company – they
   should be performing cleanups on any compromise happening at their server level.
 * If they do not, then that’s a pretty strong reason to move to a better host!
 *  [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * (@wfyann)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-needed-about-hacking-activity/#post-10028365)
 * Hi [@tomdkat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdkat/),
 * Indeed if the server your site is hosted on has been compromised, the attacker
   can gain access at server level and, as [@bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
   rightly pointed out, in such case there’s very little Wordfence can do.
 * I recommend [this article](https://www.wordfence.com/learn/how-to-choose-a-wordpress-hosting-service/)
   from our Learning Center which provides advice on how to choose a WordPress hosting
   service.

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 * Last reply from: [wfyann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfyann/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advice-needed-about-hacking-activity/#post-10028365)
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