What you provide
- Hosting, DNS and CMS admin access
- Search Console and analytics access
- Current backups and any incident notes you already have
- A named decision-maker for approvals
- Any notices from your host, registrar or insurer
Website security recovery & rebuild
Recover the site — and the search equity worth saving
Compromised, injected or hacked website? We assess the visible damage, plan to protect search equity where possible, then scope bounded recovery or a clean rebuild after review.
Best for established businesses where downtime, spam-index pollution, lost rankings, broken lead flow or damaged trust carries real commercial cost — sites that have been injected, defaced, cloaked or filled with spam URLs and still hold search visibility worth protecting. A small brochure site with little traffic or search equity is usually better served by a simple clean rebuild, and MYM will say so rather than sell a recovery it does not need.
Protection and recovery
ContainProtect evidence
RecoverPreserve clean equity
RebuildHardened path
The recovery framework
CONTAIN → RECOVER → REBUILD → CONVERT → GROW
A compromised site is a commercial problem as much as a technical one. The sequence protects what is still earning before anything is deleted.
Contain
Establish what is publicly compromised, preserve evidence and harden the exposed surface before anything is deleted.
Recover
Map the spam footprint and protect the legitimate pages, rankings and citations still earning.
Rebuild
Repair the platform or migrate to a cleaner stack with URL parity, redirect mapping and rollback.
Convert
Restore conversion paths, forms, tracking and reporting so the numbers can be trusted again.
Grow
Keep the site under ongoing protection and visibility review so the same exposure does not return.
From an anonymized MYM audit
What a compromised site actually looks like
Findings from an anonymized healthcare audit conducted by MYM. The client, domain, exploit details and technical indicators are withheld.
Tens of thousands of injected spam URLs indexed under the client's own domain
Cloaked content served to search engines that never appeared to site visitors
Legitimate service pages pushed out of the index by the injected footprint
Analytics and conversion tracking contaminated, making performance unreadable
An out-of-date platform and plugin stack left the site exposed for months
Search Console security and manual-action signals ignored before MYM was engaged
MYM has handled compromised-site recovery firsthand, including recovery of its own web property. No forensic attribution, exploit detail or indicator of compromise is published, and MYM is not a penetration-testing, SOC or managed IT provider.
Responsibilities
What you provide, what MYM handles, where a specialist takes over
Recovery moves fast only when access is ready on day one. The boundaries are stated up front so nobody assumes cover that does not exist.
What MYM handles
- Containment and clean-up of the compromised site
- Spam index and manual-action clean-up in search
- Hardening, monitoring and update discipline
- Rebuild or migration with search equity preserved
- Conversion paths and tracking restored after recovery
Where a specialist takes over
- Forensic attribution and legal or insurance investigation
- Penetration testing and offensive security work
- SOC monitoring, endpoint or network security
- Managed IT, email security and internal device policy
- Regulatory breach notification decisions
No engagement claims a site can be made unhackable. The work is recovery, search equity protection, hardening and rebuild — with published starting points and final scope confirmed after a paid Compromise Assessment.
Related search path
Hacked-site search recovery
Index clean-up, canonical and sitemap correction and Search Console recovery run alongside the ongoing SEO and local search programme.
The problem
What usually goes wrong with Website Security Recovery & Rebuild
A compromised site is usually treated as an IT clean-up. The damage that costs the most is commercial: spam URLs indexed under your domain, cloaked pages served to search engines, contaminated analytics, and legitimate rankings quietly lost while everyone focuses on the file system.
What we typically find
Injected or spam URLs indexed under your own domain
Redirects or cloaked content served to search engines but not to you
Analytics and conversion data contaminated, so nothing can be trusted
A rushed delete-and-rebuild that destroys legitimate search equity
How we run Website Security Recovery & Rebuild
Contain
Establish what is publicly visible and compromised, preserve evidence, and give clear containment and hardening recommendations before anything is deleted.
Recover
Map the spam footprint, plan index and canonical clean-up, and protect the legitimate pages, rankings and citations that are still earning.
Rebuild
Repair the current platform where that is economically sensible, or migrate onto a cleaner modern stack with URL parity, redirect mapping and a rollback plan.
Convert and grow
Restore scoped conversion paths, forms, tracking and reporting. Ongoing monitoring, if needed, is a separate engagement; no future compromise can be ruled out.
Ways to start
Clear starting points, scoped after a fit review
Transparent starting points for the bounded scope shown. A fit review confirms the right path before any work begins.
Compromise Assessment
One-time project · starting price
- Starting one-time project fee
- $2,500
- Separate one-time setup
- $500
- Starting total (project + setup)
- $3,000
Best for: Authorized read-only evidence, access and log review for one marketing site; visible footprint, repair-vs-rebuild recommendation and scoped plan
Included
- Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped
- Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable
Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities
What we review: Authorized read-only evidence, access and log review for one marketing site; visible footprint, repair-vs-rebuild recommendation and scoped plan.
All inclusions: Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped; Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable.
Not included: Assessment is not cleanup, penetration testing, complete forensics/legal assurance or guaranteed root-cause attribution; No guaranteed recovery time, total eradication or hack-proof result; Never restore compromised application, plugin or theme code; Hosting, licences, third-party forensics/legal/compliance, new copy/media.
You provide: Authorized access, site history and approval before remediation.
MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.
Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.
Start fit reviewRecovery + Hardening
One-time project · starting price
- Starting one-time project fee
- $7,500
- Separate one-time setup
- $1,500
- Starting total (project + setup)
- $9,000
Final scope confirmed after assessment.
Best for: One recoverable marketing site up to 25 public pages; after assessment confirms recovery is viable
Included
- Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped
- Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable
Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities
What we review: One recoverable marketing site up to 25 public pages; after assessment confirms recovery is viable.
All inclusions: Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped; Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable.
Not included: Assessment is not cleanup, penetration testing, complete forensics/legal assurance or guaranteed root-cause attribution; No guaranteed recovery time, total eradication or hack-proof result; Never restore compromised application, plugin or theme code; Hosting, licences, third-party forensics/legal/compliance, new copy/media.
You provide: Authorized access, site history and approval before remediation.
MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.
Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.
Start fit reviewClean Rebuild + Migration
One-time project · starting price
- Starting one-time project fee
- $17,500
- Separate one-time setup
- $2,500
- Starting total (project + setup)
- $20,000
Final scope confirmed after assessment.
Best for: Clean replacement up to 15 core pages and 50 individually reviewed content URLs
Included
- Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped
- Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable
Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities
What we review: Clean replacement up to 15 core pages and 50 individually reviewed content URLs.
All inclusions: Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped; Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable.
Not included: Assessment is not cleanup, penetration testing, complete forensics/legal assurance or guaranteed root-cause attribution; No guaranteed recovery time, total eradication or hack-proof result; Never restore compromised application, plugin or theme code; Hosting, licences, third-party forensics/legal/compliance, new copy/media.
You provide: Authorized access, site history and approval before remediation.
MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.
Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.
Start fit reviewComplex Recovery Rebuild
One-time project · starting price
- Starting one-time project fee
- $30,000
- Separate one-time setup
- $5,000
- Starting total (project + setup)
- $35,000
Final scope confirmed after assessment.
Best for: Up to 30 core pages and 200 reviewed content URLs, integrations/access remediation and larger migration; ecommerce/regulated/custom apps by quote
Included
- Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped
- Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable
Full scope, exclusions and responsibilities
What we review: Up to 30 core pages and 200 reviewed content URLs, integrations/access remediation and larger migration; ecommerce/regulated/custom apps by quote.
All inclusions: Safe evidence capture, bounded repair and hardening or clean rebuild as scoped; Verification/reporting, redirect map, forms/measurement handoff, launch and rollback plan where applicable.
Not included: Assessment is not cleanup, penetration testing, complete forensics/legal assurance or guaranteed root-cause attribution; No guaranteed recovery time, total eradication or hack-proof result; Never restore compromised application, plugin or theme code; Hosting, licences, third-party forensics/legal/compliance, new copy/media.
You provide: Authorized access, site history and approval before remediation.
MYM handles: We validate access, coordinate onboarding, plan and kick off the scope under the separate setup fee; We deliver and report on the agreed bounded scope under the project or monthly fee.
Next step: No checkout. We confirm fit, inputs, scope and written terms before work starts.
Start fit review
Additional support, only when needed
We recommend additions only when the review shows a need. Required launch fixes are identified before you commit; optional additions need your approval. Work already included is never charged again.
- Complex remediation or clean rebuild, as an alternative or follow-onCustom scope · Quoted after review
- MYM Tools MonitoringMonthly · From $299/month + setup
Prices shown are starting points for the scope listed. One-time setup, project work, monthly management and third-party costs are shown separately. A no-cost fit review is not a full technical audit. When an assessment reveals work outside the package, we explain the requirement and agree the price before starting.
No guarantee of results
We commit to the agreed work, not a promised outcome. Rankings, traffic, lead volume or quality, bookings, revenue and advertising returns are not guaranteed. Results depend on your offer, budget, access, approvals, capacity and timely follow-up, as well as market and platform conditions. Read the Terms & Conditions.
Part of Growth Systems
The infrastructure demand lands on
Websites, conversion paths, CRM and reporting built so that every dollar of demand has somewhere to go and something to prove it worked.
Operating rhythm
Website Security Recovery & Rebuild: how the engagement runs
Same audit-first sequence as every MYM engagement — measurement gets fixed before anything scales.
Audit
We map your current demand, tracking and lead handling. You get the truth about what's actually working.
Show what this covers for Website Security Recovery & RebuildHide detailsContain
Establish what is publicly visible and compromised, preserve evidence, and give clear containment and hardening recommendations before anything is deleted.
Prioritize
We rank fixes by revenue impact and effort. No 40-item wish list — a sequenced 90-day plan.
Show what this covers for Website Security Recovery & RebuildHide detailsRecover
Map the spam footprint, plan index and canonical clean-up, and protect the legitimate pages, rankings and citations that are still earning.
Implement
Senior-led execution with AI-assisted production. Tracking and lead capture get fixed before spend scales.
Show what this covers for Website Security Recovery & RebuildHide detailsRebuild
Repair the current platform where that is economically sensible, or migrate onto a cleaner modern stack with URL parity, redirect mapping and a rollback plan.
Measure & scale
Reporting tied to qualified leads, booked work and attributed revenue. Scale what earns, cut what doesn't.
Show what this covers for Website Security Recovery & RebuildHide detailsWhat we verify and report
Legitimate indexed pages versus injected or spam URLs · Organic sessions, ranking keywords and AI answer appearances retained · Search Console manual actions and security notices cleared
What it's measured on
The Website Security Recovery & Rebuild scoreboard we agree to up front
If a metric here cannot be produced from your systems, fixing that is part of the work.
Legitimate indexed pages versus injected or spam URLs
Organic sessions, ranking keywords and AI answer appearances retained
Search Console manual actions and security notices cleared
Analytics and conversion tracking validated after recovery
Track record
Senior experience. Direct accountability.
Work directly with Scott, drawing on career experience across search, media, websites and analytics. Ad spend experience reflects his career, not only MYM client spend.
25+
Years in digital
$65M+
Career ad spend experience
70+
Brands & businesses
Client reviews & recommendationsRead approved client references
FAQ
Website Security Recovery & Rebuild — common questions
No. MYM is not a penetration-testing firm, security operations centre or managed IT provider. This work sits where website recovery, search visibility, platform hardening and conversion measurement meet, and MYM will say plainly when a specialist incident-response or IT partner is needed.
Usually not without a migration plan. A compromised site can still hold substantial legitimate search equity, and rebuilding blindly can destroy rankings, keywords and answer-engine visibility that took years to earn.
No, and treat anyone who does with caution. No platform is unhackable. What can be done is reduce the exposed surface, keep the platform current, and monitor for the search and integrity signals that show a problem early.
Published professional-fee starting points are $2,500 for a Compromise Assessment (+$500 separate setup; $3,000 total), from $7,500 for Recovery + Hardening (+$1,500 setup; $9,000 total) and from $17,500 for a Clean Rebuild (+$2,500 setup; $20,000 total). Final scope and fee follow assessment. Only the $2,500 assessment professional fee, not its $500 setup, is credited once toward the same approved follow-on repair or rebuild scope.
Related
Also part of Growth Systems
- Website DevelopmentFast, crawler-visible, conversion-focused sites. Built to be measured, maintained and defended — not rebuilt every 18 months.
- Conversion Rate OptimizationTurning existing traffic into more qualified opportunities by fixing the offer, the path and the handling — before increasing spend.
- Marketing Automation & CRM SetupLead routing, speed-to-lead workflows, pipeline stages and reporting that tie spend back to booked revenue.
- Digital Marketing AuditsA senior review of what you're paying for, what's working, what's leaking, and what your current vendor isn't telling you.
Next step
Find out what Website Security Recovery & Rebuild would actually change
Start with a no-cost fit review. A full paid diagnostic or assessment is a separate, scoped next step when appropriate.