Hacked account
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My blog was hacked and I have had it for almost 3 years. I have worked extremely hard on my work and I was wondering if there was any way to get back my posts because someone deleted all of them.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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What is the URL of the blog you need help with?
Your account is less than two years old and the blog linked to your name is alive and well.
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Obviously someone has access to your log-in information and or your computer.
Did you use the same password for your email account and your blog?
Are you sharing log-in information with anyone or leaving it where anyone can locate it?
Are you remaining logged in on your computer so anyone can come along and access your blog through it?
Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs.
Then read this please knowing that blogs don’t get hacked when security protocols are followed. > 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
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.
There are 9 pages of deleted content in Google’s cache that you can copy and paste into new posts here.
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Thank you ^^ I believe the person who hacked me succeeded by trial and error because my email was hacked early this morning as well. Thank you for the google link. It’s extremely helpful.
& @auxclass I have had my account for three years two blogs and accordingtoredd has been active since 2012. The name is not the issue the problem is all my posts are gone. And I just want to relocate or replicate them.
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You will probably have to go to Google and look at the cached version, but it MIGHT be that the posts are still int he Trash file.
Change your email password immediately. THEN change your blog password. Then look on the Dashboard->Posts->Trash file.
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Please IMMEDIATELY change your email password to something strong that no one else would know or be able to guess, and likewise change your WordPress.com password.
Once this has been done for both accounts, please post here and let me know.
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Hi jackiedana,
I changed my password to this almost two hours ago
And all my other passwords this morning .I tried looking for my trash folder but do not see it anywhere
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Posts Trash http://accordingtoredd.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=trash&post_type=post
Pages Trash http://accordingtoredd.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=trash&post_type=pageIf the result is no posts and pages then you have to use the Google cache links to re-create your content.
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Also, @timethief, your suggestion is good generally speaking, but unfortunately in this case the trash was already emptied.
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