Blog shows as being registered to someone else

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  littlecityblog · Member · May 22, 2015 at 8:01 am

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  Hi there

  My blog is at https://littlecityblog.wordpress.com/

  I’ve just published a new post (https://littlecityblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/frequency-illusion/#more-2645); my wife used the social buttons at the end of the post to share it on Facebook, but when she did, the preview in her timeline shows my blog as being ‘by’ someone else – in this case a guy called Praveen Patel in India, who works for the IT outsourcing company Wipro.

  I don’t know him, have never met him, and am worried that something has happened to my account. (I can provide a screengrab if that would help.)

  Anyone know what’s going on here or can point me in the right direction for help? This has never happened before and I’m concerned about the security of my site.

  Many thanks!

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

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  auxclass · Member · May 22, 2015 at 8:16 am

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  Not a clue but I have flagged this for the staff to help

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  littlecityblog · Member · May 22, 2015 at 8:58 am

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  Thanks auxclass, that’s greatly appreciated

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 24, 2015 at 7:35 pm

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  Thanks for the report here @littlecityblog! Is this still occurring on your side? If so, could you grab a screenshot and upload it to your Media Library? Screenshot instructions can be found here:

  Take a Screenshot

  We have seen a few reports of this, and we’re looking into what could be causing the issue!

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  littlecityblog · Member · May 25, 2015 at 11:45 am

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  Hi there Jeremey

  Thanks for your reply; glad to hear it’s not just me!
  I’ve uploaded the screengrab to my media library as requested:

  

  Good luck!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm

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  Thanks! That’s odd – when I share that same post, I don’t see the mention of the unrelated author:

  http://d.pr/i/1a6Rl

  We’re still looking into why this might be occurring. We’ll update you as soon as we know more!

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  ladygendom · Member · May 25, 2015 at 5:56 pm

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  I’m getting the EXACT same thing! All day long. What’s up with that?!

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  ladygendom · Member · May 25, 2015 at 5:57 pm

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  My site is https://hushlola.wordpress.com/, but when I share on Facebook, up comes Praveen’s name. Not showing up as Praveen on my blog, but it is when I share to social.

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  senff · Staff · May 25, 2015 at 6:09 pm

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  If you look at that specific page, you can see that the author of the page itself is Praveen Patel — it’s right there on the page.

  Something weird going on there.

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  senff · Staff · May 25, 2015 at 6:11 pm

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  Oh! Doh, that’s just the title of the attachment, haha. Sorry about that. :)

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  timethief · Member · May 25, 2015 at 6:11 pm

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  @senff
  Note this please Praveen Patel site:en.forums.wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · May 25, 2015 at 6:12 pm

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  See here please for a Staff response https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/praveen-patel-is-coming-up-as-author-on-my-facebook-page?replies=10#post-2390062

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 26, 2015 at 3:41 pm

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  Everyone,

  As Timethief mentioned, we have had several reports of this popping up. I’ll keep this thread updated as we find a resolution. The thread here is also serving as a main canonical thread:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/an-unknown-name-links-to-my-posts-when-i-share?replies=14#post-2390061

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  happymindmagazine · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 12:07 pm

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  Same thing has happened to me with my blog http://www.happymindmagazine.de – each post i publish with facebook, it says underneath that the author is praveen patel. this is bizarre. any news on the topic?

  http://facebook.com/HappyMindMagazine

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  galois · Member · Jun 5, 2015 at 2:24 pm

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  @happymindmagazine: your blog http://www.happymindmagazine.de/ is not hosted by WordPress.com and this forum is only for blogs/sites hosted by WordPress.com
  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and different http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  And you should ask in the WordPress.org forum.
  http://wordpress.org/support/