Getting hacked for the first time
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Hello, fellow WPs,
Who do I contact if I find that my WordPress site has been hacked, and I need it scanned so I can regain access to it? I saw my login page was turned into a draft page, and when I republished it, it did not accept my passwords, and then when I went to my admin page, it redirected me to the login. Wtf, right? Well, let me know who to call…ghostbusters?
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Hi there!
Are you referring to your website danceology.blog? If yes, please confirm if the current appearance of your homepage is what should be showing:
If not, kindly provide us with specific details about how your website should look and the indications that led you to believe your site was hacked. We’ll investigate the matter further and provide assistance accordingly.
Thank you for reaching out, and we’re here to help!
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Yes, that is the login page that I disabled the first time that it happened. At first, when I went to reset password, it said that none of my email addresses were in the database. I also disabled the login for the Buddy Press social network site, and then, going into the admin page, I found that several things had blanked out, the settings had turned to default on a lot of things, and my admin account was registered as a subscriber account. It says there are two subscribers, but I can only see one, and it’s me. Um, I went and fiddled with the browser, and it asked if I wanted to open all of the pages that were closed, and it opened wordpress admin, stripe services, open sea.io etc…I’ve checked all of those pages, and …nothing seems to be changed.
I set up an authenticator and two-step codes, and will change all of the passwords, but when I opened pages in admin, it said that there were none, but there is 30. I opened my jetpack mobile app, and it said that there were three pages, all from the template that I used when I started, a couple of months ago on BlueHost.
I have a backup that I made, but I’m not sure if it has all of the changes I made. I thought of closing and deleting the whole website, and then reposting all of the backup, but am unsure if I can do that. Attached, please find screenshots of what’s happening.
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WheeeEEEeeeeWWwww! I think I might not have been hacked, just editing while WordPress was changing my website from a staging site to the actual domain name, and that is just lovely. Well, I hope it sticks, and there are many more business cards I must print, sheesh. So I thought I….wow….would thank you for your support! If I have any questions, I’ll ask the forum, thanks!
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