HACKED??

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  diamond2dance · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  I JUST GOT THIS EMAIL – HAVE I BEEN HACKED?????

  —–Original Message—–
  From: WordPress <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>
  To: Diamond2dance <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>
  Sent: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 1:15 pm
  Subject: [Diamond Swing] New User Registration

  New user registration on your site Diamond Swing:

  Username: mod439

  E-mail: (email visible only to moderators and staff)
  Blog url: http://diamondswing.wordpress.com/

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:21 pm

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  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/
  Disable post by voice > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-voice/
  Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
  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.
  Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one
  Read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:25 pm

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  http://diamondswing.com/ is a self-hosted WordPress.org blog, which we really can’t help with.

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress via their Codex and Support Forums.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:28 pm

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  staff-blorbo
  I pologize for not catching that. DUH … :(

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm

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  Still good advice on the users and passwords etc.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 8:35 pm

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  ~~auxclass
  Thanks for saying that. It was kind of you.

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 7:56 pm

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  So good I just pointed someone else to it and put it in my notebook. You rock, tt.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 1, 2012 at 8:00 pm

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  @justjennifer
  Thank you for the compliment. Your gallery question answers and image answers are solid gold and your blog is an excellent resource.