My Blog Was Hacked
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So, my blog was hacked by some make-money-quick company. They posted something with links telling people to check it out, blahblah.
I was able to go in and delete the blog as well as change my password, but not via the dashboard. Whenever I go to the dashboard in Chrome, it freezes. Could this be a part of the hack? If so, what should I do? I am able to use the dashboard just fine in Mozilla. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do besides changing my password to fix this and avoid future hacks.
Thanks!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi trhere,
I flagged this thread for Staff assistance. I don’t know why Chrome is freezing for you and don’t think it’s related but Staff will address that.Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs
Read > 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.
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Thank you for your response, timethief. I couldn’t quite figure out how to disable email and voice posting, but I’m guessing they aren’t enabled at all if I have no idea how to do so.
I made the other changes you suggested. I appreciate your help. :)
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Please double check on the Post by email & voice – someone could have set them up when they were logged in – then they don’t need to log in to post to your blog
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Well when I go to the screen options on the New Post screen, I don’t see anything where I can enable or disable email or voice. The links shared above tell me that’s where I should find it, but I just don’t see anything.
Any suggestions?
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Try:
Dashboard >> My Blogs >> you should see two coll’s – one that says – Post by Email and the other Post by Voice
Also double check for extra users
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Aha! Neither are enabled. Thank you for your help. :)
I already made sure there were no extra users.
You guys are awesome.
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