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  maralindstrom · Member · Dec 7, 2011 at 4:30 pm

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  My wordpress site was hacked and the following email was sent to a list of my contacts.

  “New post on Mara Lindstrom

  no regrets after doing this venture!!

  [edit: removed links]

  “

  Please check out my site and tell me what I need to do to avoid this in the future.

  My password is [edit: removed password]

  Thanks, Mara Lindstrom
  Blog url: http://maralindstrom.wordpress.com/

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Dec 7, 2011 at 7:08 pm

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  Hi there,

  There’s no indication that your site has been hacked. Rather, it looks like someone might have used your account to publish a post.

  Could you please change your password and review the best security practices here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

  We don’t recommend sharing your password with anyone — including us.

  As an extra precaution, please regenerate your post-by-email address or disable it if you don’t use it:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/

  You should also change the passwords associated with any other online services you use, particularly if you use the same password across services. You should always use a different password for each service.

  Don’t hesitate to contact us again if you need anymore help. :-)