Someone may have logged into my account

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  carrieonwp · Member · May 15, 2015 at 1:44 am

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  I have two-step authentication and just received a text message from WordPress.com for a verification code…unsure why that is the case as I wasn’t trying to log on. I received the text on May 14, 2015, 19:41 MST

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  rachelmcr · Member · May 15, 2015 at 11:07 am

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  Hi there,

  The good news is that because you have two-step authentication, other people can’t log in to your account without that code you received via text — so you’re safe. :)

  However, I’d recommend updating your account password to make sure no else knows it. You can do that on your security settings page. (It’s also a good idea to make sure your email account is using a secure password, because if someone gains access to your email account they can use that to reset your account password.)

  If someone knows your account password, they can do the first step toward logging in to your account, which triggers that text message. But without the code you get in that text message, they won’t be able to finish logging in to your account.

  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about that!

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  carrieonwp · Member · May 15, 2015 at 6:00 pm

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  Thanks for the reply! I will do that and hopefully it doesn’t happen again :)