Breach of account and destruction of content

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    marklgrossmann · Member ·

    One of my blogs has apparently been accessed and content deleted. Specifically, a post that would have dated 11-28-13 THURSDAY: “A Different Flavor” Just How Smart Are Octopuses? It was in my blog “Mark L Grossmann Blog.” I did not delete this. Aside from the security concerns, is their any way that this content can be restored at it’s original date. The content is serving as the effective copyright date of the material and electronic record of the date of the original post is extremely important to other registration procedures being undertaken at this time.
    The particular post has long been the target of the cyber stalker. So, the selection of this post is obvious. That same stalker is quite comfortable manipulating search engine results and has twice used the search engine results corresponding to these very comments to obscure some of my blog post results in various ways. So, I’ve never been able to communicate with anyone at WordPress with sensitive details regarding these issues.
    However, restoring the electronic date of the original posting for documentary purposes is of extreme and primary importance. The security breach is a serious concern but secondary. I can assure you that I did not remove this post accidentally. However, the breach may have occurred “over my electronic shoulder” while I was logged into WordPress. Please respond to my email address only! Please do not post any response that could be accessed by the general public, search engines, or other WordPress members!!!
    I cannot find a means by which I could privately (and appropriately!) contacted a representative directly and privately!
    Mark L Grossmann

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

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    marklgrossmann · Member ·

    I had posted a note about a missing post. I did find it deleted in my trash. Thankfully, this resolves my primary concern — maintaining electronic documentation of the date of the orgininal post. Again, I didn’t take the action of deleting this post, so, there has been some type of security breach. Please respond, privately, with any information about ways in which I might increase security. Again, I have had a rather well-documented cyberstalker for some months. He or she has used search engine results from these very posts to harrass me in the past. So, please take great care with any public responses. My cyberstalker will probably read them before i do. Mark L. Grossmann

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    I’ll tag this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

    Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs
    Read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

    1. If you can log-in go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.

    2. Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/

    3. Disable post by voice > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-voice/

    4. Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
    You can also reset your password via your Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page:
    http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/

    5. Use a secure, encrypted connection to connect to your Dashboard. Under Users → Personal Settings, check the box that says “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages, and click Save Changes.

    6. To add another layer of home security, you can now enable Two Step Authentication, also known as Two-Factor Authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

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