got a mail that someone got access to my blog – but I did not invite them

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  mariatycker · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  I’ve invited a bunch of friends to my privat blog and got an email that someone – who I haven’t invited, who is not on my waitlist and who is not a member, became a member. Why, and how?
  Blog url: http://omtyckt.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 8, 2012 at 8:22 pm

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  I don’t know why or how this happened and have flagged this thread for Staff attention.

  Go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.

  Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
  Go to your email program and change the password now to a very difficult one

  Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password

  You have two separate email address settings at WordPress.com.
  Blog notifications for the admin (like comment moderation, Likes, new subscriptions, etc) are sent to the email address at Settings -> General in the Dashboard.
  Personal notifications (like comments on your post, subscription emails, and upgrade renewals) are sent to the email address at Users -> Personal Settings in the Dashboard.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-address/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-notifications/

  See also: http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 9, 2012 at 6:55 am

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  Were they just requesting access, or were they actually made a member? If so, what was the username?