  We report on the first detection of hard X-ray photons (E>2.5 keV) in the
X-ray transient Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy WPVS 007 which was the AGN with
the softest X-ray spectrum during the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. The AGN is clearly
detected at a level of about 2 x 10^{-17} W m^{-2} in the observed 0.3-10.0 keV
band by Swift in a 50 ks observation in 2007 September. For the first time
since the ROSAT All-Sky Survey observation in 1990 it was possible to derive an
X-ray photon distribution by adding together all Swift observations that have
been performed so far (85.5 ks in total). This photon distribution is
consistent with an X-ray spectrum of an AGN with a partial covering absorber
with a column density in the order of ~ 1 x 10^{23} cm^{-2} and a covering
fraction of about 90%. A comparison with the 2002 Chandra data suggests that
WPVS 007 has become brighter by a factor of about 4. The Swift data also
suggest that the absorber which is causing the current low-state may have
started to disappear. This disappearance is indicated by a significant change
in the hardness ratio from a very soft X-ray state during the 2005 October to
2007 January observations to a rather hard X-ray state in the 2007 September
observations. In the UV, WPVS 007 seems to become fainter by up to 0.5 mag over
the last two years. The optical to X-ray spectral slope derived from the
spectral energy distribution is alpha-ox=2.5 which classifies WPVS 007 as an
X-ray weak AGN. After correcting for reddening and X-ray absorption, alpha-ox
becomes 1.9 and the luminosity in the Big-Blue-Bump is log LBBB=37.7 [W], which
translates into an Eddington ratio
  L/LEdd ~ 1.0.
