Site hacked. Wish to delete it. Doesn't work.

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  gaiaarchaeo · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 2:30 pm

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  Hi,

  Our site has been hacked my a fellow named “Badi”. We wish to delete it to start afresh. However, I do not seem to receive the confirmation e-mail for the deletion. Please help.

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

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  auxclass · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 3:21 pm

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  What is the URL of the site you are having problems with – the one linked to your name is empty

  Why not just deal with the problem of “Badi” and keep the blog name – if you are at WordPress.COM once you delete a blog that name is gone forever

  See below for “hacked” help

  The only “hacked” sites I have seen here have been people getting the password somehow to a site so you do want to be careful how you log in and use a tough password.

  You should also check to make sure that someone has not added a new user to your site. Problems have also happened when there was more than one Admin. and an Admin left on less than graceful terms.

  Dashboard >> Users

  Many times a users email is hacked or the password guessed and the email account is used to get access by requesting a password reset – you need to change your email password and make sure they nobody has been added to your email account.

  You should also run a virus check on you PC to make sure your PC does not have a security issue that has compromised your email or WordPress.COM log-in information (also your bank etc. if you do online banking or retirement accounts)

  There have also been a few Posts on “hacked” sites and it was because someone got the Post by Email address and using the Post by Email to send in new Posts, if you have Post by email disable the Post by Email and regenerate the address. Spammers have scripts the generate email addresses and they sometimes can get a valid address for a Post by Email address.

  If you are really concerned you could as the staff to look at your site: http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

  You could also use a secure log-in in case you are on an unsecured link: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/