Account hacked with spam post.

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  pagz · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:18 am

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  I didn’t make this post:
  http://pagz.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/im-getting-paid/

  I’ve gone in and changed my password. I’m curious how this happened.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:21 am

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  See also: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/account-hacked-by-spam?replies=4#post-1040562

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:22 am

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  See this post:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-post?replies=6#post-952535

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:25 am

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  Please do not delete the post but make it Private so that Staff can have a look at it. Thanks

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  nimilblackflag · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 9:05 am

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  i had this issue as well today! i never click dodgy links and i didn’t have any rogue applications connected to any of my blogs yet several of them have a spam post (which i already deleted before i thought to look on the forum)

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 9:30 am

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  Disable Post by Email and change your email password.

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 10:04 am

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  And do please read the post that 1tess linked to. It has relevant information about password security.

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  sararosso2 · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 3:32 pm

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  Thank you for reporting this. We are aware of the situation and our team is actively working on a solution. In the meantime, you can delete any unauthorized posts on your account, if you haven’t already.

  While we will be resetting the passwords for any affected accounts ourselves, you can also reset your password via your Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page:
  http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/