Malicious links on website from server attack. Links removed leaving pages 404'ed. What is the best action to take, should I 301 redirect the 404'ed malicious links to home page or otherwise?

Hi all,

Appreciate your inputs and help in advance.

My company's server was compromised with attackers creating malicious pages. The server has since been secured and malicious pages removed. Leaving 404 URLs such as:

domain.com /videos/vi-deo-nhl-game-day-ducks-vs-canadiens-live-tv020.02.07T12.html

What is the best action to take from here? Some thoughts are:

- 301 redirect 404'ed URLs to home page

- Set up custom 404 page

- Set up 410 HTTP code

- do nothing and hope Google unindexes page

What is the best action to take as to not negatively affect SEO?

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