i appear to have been hacked
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Hello – something odd has happened to my blog – the header has changed, the links are all heading towards something called ‘clitools’ and the theme has changed. Have I been hacked? What can I do to get back to normal? Thanks in advance for assistance …
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Hi @juliabird,
I had a closer look at your site, and the site seems to be working fine. The Header is directing to your homepage. I check links on your Homepage they appear to address correctly.
The theme used is “Plane”. Here is the current screenshot of your site:
Could share further details, you could share a screenshot of your site, and also the links where the header gets directed. Also, let us know which theme were you using previously and what did it change too. You can learn about making screenshot here:
Let us know the details, would be happy to assist you further.
Thanks!
@mcatalano: You could start a new thread, and provide us the details as well. We would be happy to help you ahead.
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Hello @juliabird,
Your site does seem to be fine from my end. I’ve inserted the ‘modlook’ tag so WordPress staff can take a closer look at it.
Best,
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Hi – thanks all! It looks fine again now, the only thing I changed was my log in password – I wonder if that did the trick?
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Hi again,
Glad to know everything is fine now. It might be possible a loose password could create a vulnerability. You can try to keep the password as strong as possible. Also, if you would like, you can set up a Two-Step Authentication to be on the safer side. Here is a support document to help you further:
Hope this helps, please do let us know if we can help you with anything else.
Thanks! :)
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Hi juliabird,
the links are all heading towards something called ‘clitools’
I’ve checked your account and I can’t see an suspicious activity to suggest it was hacked. If you are ever concerned that someone may have accessed your account, changing the password is a good idea in order to help keep your account secure.
I can’t see any links to clitools, where were you seeing them? For example, in your post content or in the menu.
Thanks!
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Also, as the thread is tagged to the staff, they would provide the feedback with the issue further.
Thanks again!
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Hi juliabird,
I just wanted to give you an update — we’ve discovered that links to clitools appeared due to an internal issue. You haven’t been hacked and we are working on a fix at the moment.
Thanks for reporting this :)
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