Someone hacked my account

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  andromedacrescent · Member · Dec 9, 2022 at 5:45 pm

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  Someone hacked my account and start posting unrelated posts. What could I do ?
  Any help would be most appreciated

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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

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  staartmees · Member · Dec 9, 2022 at 5:51 pm

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  your site andromedacrescent.wordpress.com has never been launched so we can’t see what’s going on.

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Dec 10, 2022 at 4:03 pm

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  Hi there!

  From what I can see, the last post on your blog is from 2017. Were you referring to a different site you own? If so, what’s the address?

  Please note that we can only help with sites hosted on WordPress.com.

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  andromedacrescent · Member · Dec 11, 2022 at 12:09 pm

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  I put the site on hold a couple a days ago ( Coming soon ), since someone posted unrelated content, the situation was reported to me by someone on a comment on Youtube ( about a mod I’m working currently).

  My address is https://andromedacrescent.wordpress.com/

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Dec 11, 2022 at 11:41 pm

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  Hi there,

  Someone hacked my account and start posting unrelated posts.

  Can you clarify what you mean by this? What content was being posted specifically and where were you seeing it? I’ve visited your site (staff can see the site in coming soon mode) and noted a few posts in recent days with titles like “Virtual camera in android for skype” and “How to reset your Windows 10 PC when your having problems” that seem different from the previous content posted. This is the content you are referring to?

  The only way that someone other than youself is able to post content is to log in to your account “as you” so with this in mind I recommend that you change the password for your account immediately: https://wordpress.com/support/passwords/

  To add another layer of security to your account, you may also want to enable Two Step Authentication — a second step to the log-in process that no one but you can access — using your cell phone for authentication. Learn more about enabling two step authentication:

  https://wordpress.com/support/security/two-step-authentication/

  You may also wish to remove any other admins from the site, I see that there is another listed here:

  https://wordpress.com/people/team/

  Once you complete those steps you can delete the recent content on your site, and you should not have this issue again. If it does come up again after that please let us know, thanks!

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  andromedacrescent · Member · Dec 12, 2022 at 5:11 pm

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  Tnx a lot for the quick response and advices. I will proceed immediate to do the necessary modifications. Again tnx for the quick response much appreciated !