My Webpage Say's I Deleted It Even Though I Didn't
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I tried to access my account the other day but have been told that I have deleted it. My account has been active for some time now and I continued to post to it weekly, month, or whenever I could. I use it for work and university so I have no cause to delete it, yet here I am being told “the author of this site has removed” blah blah blah. Personally, I believe someone has hacked my account and deleted it as a vendetta or something along those lines. Is there any way to salvage it? There was a lot of hard work that went into this blog.
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https://josephjbennett.wordpress.com is no longer available.
The authors have deleted this site.re: hacked accounts and blogs
If anyone is posting anything to your blog or removing anything from it, or changing anything in 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.
For you, the question that needs to be answered is: Who, aside from me, has access to my login information?
Go to your email program immediately 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/
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/Disable post by email https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/email-post-changes/
If applicable see Removing Users https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#removing-users Note that only one Admin per site is recommended for exactly this reason https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator
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.
Use two step authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/
Run a security scan on your computer. See here to run a security scan http://geekflare.com/online-scan-website-security-vulnerabilities/
Never leave your computer logged into your blog and walk away from it. Always log out properly.
Also, be aware that Staff have records of who did what under which username and login information and when they did it. I flagged this thread with modlook for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it. Note that there is a backlog and be patient while waiting.
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Is there any way to salvage it? There was a lot of hard work that went into this blog.
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Hi there,
I will look into this and email you shortly. Please let me know if you do not receive the email.
Thanks!
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