Hacked and spammed

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  cathelliott · Member · Jun 6, 2013 at 7:12 pm

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  I had my email and Twitter accounts hacked yesterday which resulted in those accounts sending out spam links to what felt like the entire world. It also resulted in a post being auto-posted to my blog that contained the same spam link.

  I’ve now turned off the post via email option, changed all my passwords, made sure I’m using https for all my admin pages….

  Is there anything else I need to do to protect my blog and my readers from anything like this happening again?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 6, 2013 at 7:14 pm

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  I’m sorry that happened to you. The steps you have taken are the right ones. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-someone-else-delete-my-blog-other-than-myself?replies=4#post-1267799

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

  Set up two step autheneticateion http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

  Then read this please knowing that blogs don’t get hacked when security protocols are followed. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

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  cathelliott · Member · Jun 6, 2013 at 7:46 pm

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  Thank you, that’s really helpful. I’ve now set up the two step authentication.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 6, 2013 at 8:52 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes to you for trouble-free blogging.