My VPS was wiped, can I still access it?

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Published on 2012-11-22T16:55:07Z Indexed on 2012/11/25 17:20 UTC
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Someone gained access into my Ubuntu VPS via SSH, they entered rm -Rf / which wiped it and now I can't access it via SSH or SFTP. On SFTP I get the the following error:

Error:  Connection timed out
Error:  Could not connect to server

And then on SSH, I try to connect to my VPS IP on Port 22, it doesn't come up with anything for ages (it should come up asking for a username) and then a op-up appears saying: Network Error: Connection timed out.

Is it possible to fix this, if so, how?

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