my site may have been hacked

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    healthyeatingdeliciousrecipes · Member ·

    someone kinked to my pea protein growing naturals post when i checked to see the link it said [redacted] you admin you have been hacked by me. sorry about the language that is what it said

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    If anyone is posting anything to your blog or removing anything from it, or if your blog has been deleted and you did not delete it, then it’s most likely that you have provided them with the ability to do so, either deliberately by adding them as official users, or by allowing them access to your login information, or by posting content that makes it easy for them to guess what your log-in information is.

    Who, aside from you, has access to your login information?

    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
    You can also reset your password via your Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page:
    http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/

    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.

    6. Use two step authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

    P.S. Staff have records of who did what under which username and login information and when they did it. Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when Staff respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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    siobhyb · Member ·

    Hi there!

    Was the link you clicked on found in the Referrers section of your Stats? If so, for future cases like this, you can flag referral links that look spammy by following our guide here:

    Jetpack Stats

    In addition to the links that @timethief provided on changing your account’s password and enabling two step authentication, I would also recommend running a security scan on your site using security software such as Sophos.

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