I have been hacked

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  djohns2277 · Member · Jun 13, 2019 at 12:17 pm

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  I created the DMJ Film Reviews site almost a year ago and have had no problems. I woke up today and discovered that my site has been hacked and I am being extorted for money. Please help me remove these people and recover my site. The site is
  https://dmjfilmreviews.home.blog/

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  staartmees · Member · Jun 13, 2019 at 1:36 pm

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  You need to do 2 things asap: change your password to a strong password and activate two step authentication.
  I tagged this thread with modlook to get assistance from a Staff Memeber.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 13, 2019 at 1:43 pm

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  HI –

  This account is only 1 hour old. Please tell us which site has been affected so we can evaluate.

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  djohns2277 · Member · Jun 13, 2019 at 2:13 pm

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  My old account, dylanjohnson9339, was hacked. This included the accounts only website dmj film reviews which is linked below

  https://dmjfilmreviews.home.blog/

  I created this new account in order to post to the public forums because I cannot access the old account. They have changed the password and the email.

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  gemmacevans · Member · Jun 13, 2019 at 3:18 pm

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  Hi djohns2277,

  Thanks, I think it will be best if you contact our account recovery team directly. Please email passwordhelp@wordpress.com so we can follow up with you there — they will be able to check whether anything can be done to help you access the account again.