1. A sudden drop in website traffic

If your Google Analytics suddenly indicates a drastic drop in website traffic, it could be an indication of an attack. Malware or Trojans could have attacked and directed your website traffic to spammy sites.

Google also could be warning your website users via its Google safe browsing tools about malware on your website. It will lead to a drop in website traffic. These indications are regular activities from browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera Mini. This warning differs from each other. They are generally dependent on what Google finds on your website.

Keep a watch on your Google Analytics and Google search console. They are a good indicator in terms of hacking.

2. Sudden multiple user accounts

If you run a membership program or you open your website for user registration, you can experience spam user accounts been created. You can delete without having to worry. If you did not open your website for users registration. And there is a sudden flow of new users created on your website. It may be signs of your account been hacked.

In most cases deleting these accounts might be difficult.

3. Change in the outlook of your Homepage

It is easy to detect. It appears on your homepage. As such, it is easy to notice. In most cases, hackers do not want to be noticed. They stay away from it.

But some hackers replace the outlook of your homepage with their message. You can identify it and deal with it.