My wordpress website has been hacked into and I cannot get access
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Dear All,
Google Search Console has informed me that malicious urls have been added to my website http://danielfosterdasilva.com / https://danielfosterdasilva.com which been completely overtaken by some hacker.
In fact, I cannot access it at all through http://danielfosterdasilva.com/wordpress/wp-login.php? since I am not now sure what are my username and password. The person who rebuilt my website through wordpress using a Brooklin Theme in late 2017 did not use that account and hasn’t come back to me refreshing my memory on what they are.
A stupid thing, I know. Mea culpa!I do have this WordPress account (this one) which is working, but it isn’t related to the one where my website is. Nevertheless, I have contacted my host provider for a new password, so as to access it through their cpanel.
Anyway, I really need your help in the forums here at WordPress to regain access and control over it again, and clean this mess up. So, can someone in these forums please shed some light on what I must do? I really need some guidance here. Thank you.
Best Regards,
Daniel Foster da Silva -
We cannot help you as your site uses the open source wordpress.org. Their support is at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/. What to do in case your site got hacked, https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/
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Thanks. Appreciate your prompt reply. I will follow your instructions.
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If I cannot find a solution, would you advise me to move website to wordpress.com and become a client? -
Before you can move your site to wordpress.com, you must clean it up first. A very big advantage of wordpress.com is you don’t have to worry anymore about upgrades or security. Depending on the theme and plugins you use, you would need a paid plan, https://wordpress.com/pricing/
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