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  raincoaster · Member · May 5, 2012 at 8:45 am

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  That’s really malicious: trashing things and then permanently deleting them. Also, if you did ANY financial transactions while you were using that connection, I would double-check it. If you did online banking, change your bank password, etc. A little paranoia never hurt anyone.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 5, 2012 at 8:52 am

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  Yes, definitely check everything you were doing while you were one that connection, and probably change your passwords there too.

  Besides that bit of fun, sleep well!

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  zeebradesigns · Member · May 5, 2012 at 9:12 am

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  It was a small ‘hostal’ little hotel, and i know the owner.. i will tell her when i return to get her computer tech to check everything.

  the password prompts cleared with no problem, so all should be fine.

  i don’t ever use the computer for financial transactions, but thank you for the warning.

  ok.. i’ll have a fast nap,
  z

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 6, 2012 at 6:52 am

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  Your blog has been restored as requested.

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  raincoaster · Member · May 6, 2012 at 7:27 am

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  Yay!

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  zeebradesigns · Member · May 6, 2012 at 1:54 pm

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  After little sleep two nights ago, I awakened from a deep restorative sleep this morning! The songbirds were extra happy because of last night’s rain, and the river birds were their normal raucous selves. Little did I know that they were trying to tell me that Santa Clause visited my blog last night! It’s like Christmas morning and a fairy tale wrapped up in one big smile! Thank you for slaying the dragons, or for repairing the damage the dragons did to the blog.. Now if we can find those dragons and execute them!!

  Do you have any advice on how to prevent this from happening again? I intend to write a post about what happened, and a few tidbits of wisdom macmanx y raincoaster would be apprepciated by all, i’m sure.

  Thank you, thank you, thank you – please pass my thanks to the brilliant folks who restored the lost posts!

  Lisa/Z

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 7, 2012 at 5:33 am

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  You’re welcome!

  To keep this form happening again, just use a very strong password or passphrase, complete with letters, number, and maybe even spaces.

  Because we do allow spaces, “th1s is a str0ng passw0rd” is actually a very strong password.

  Make sure that you use a strong password for both your WordPress.com account and email address, as anyone with access to your email can reset your WordPress.com password (along with any other sites attached to your email).

  Also, go to Users -> Personal Settings in your blog’s Dashboard and make sure that “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages” is checked.