Phishing email?
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I received this message today, Is this a phishing email?
During an internal audit we noticed that we recorded the password you chose during signup for WordPress.com in plain text. Our policy is to never store plain-text passwords, and we have taken steps to remove the passwords from our systems.
These passwords were stored in a secure location, and there is nothing that suggests they were compromised or the security of your account was decreased in any way. However, out of an abundance of caution we have reset your password.
To reset your password and get access to your account and blog, please follow these steps:
Go to WordPress.com
Click the “Log In” button on the homepage
Click on the link “Lost your password?”
Enter your WordPress.com username: jdjarvis
Click the “Get New Password” button
If you have any further questions or trouble resetting your password, please reply to this message to get help from our support team. We will never ask you to supply your account password or financial information via email.The WordPress.com Team
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Probably legit – but I have flagged this for staff attention
Caution – with any email such as you received – make sure you don’t click on a link that is to a strange site – i.e. – go to WordPress.COM (where you are now) THEN do the password reset
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Hi @joyjarvis,
This was a legit password reset email. Please reset your password here if you haven’t already:
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