spiteful hacking

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  poetmorgan · Member · Jul 6, 2018 at 7:05 am

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  a post appeared on my WordPress site.
  I did not send it

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

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  torres126 · Member · Jul 6, 2018 at 7:40 am

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  Hi there,

  I’ve never heard of a site getting hacked on WordPress.com. If you believe it has, it is likely a case of somebody gaining access to your account.

  It is recommended you:

  1. Change your password – https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
  2. Enable 2FA – https://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/
  3. Ensure nobody knows the email to your “Post by Email” address – https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/

  However, based on the suspicious post, it would be my guess you accidentally posted it using the Sharing feature on Twitter. However, this cannot be confirmed, and I’ve tagged staff to check for any suspicious activity.

  I would still suggest following those three steps though.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 6, 2018 at 8:12 am

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  Hi there,

  There are no recent password reset attempts on your account, and no actions logged from a strange IP address, which means whoever published that post, they used your computer to do it.

  So do consider updating the password and enabling 2FA on both your WordPress.com and email accounts, but also consider setting a password on your computer, or logging out of your accounts/only using incognito browser sessions if you share the computer with anyone else.

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  poetmorgan · Member · Jul 6, 2018 at 11:59 am

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  i did not add this:

  https://poetmorgan.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/1906/

  I have already said so!!!

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  torres126 · Member · Jul 6, 2018 at 12:18 pm

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  Please follow what’s been said by myself and @kokkieh, who confirmed that there was no suspicious activity to your account. Perhaps you did this accidentally? Either way, it definitely seems you were not hacked, but I encourage you taking precautions listed anyway.

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  poetmorgan · Member · Jul 6, 2018 at 12:32 pm

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  no accident

  i did not post

  https://poetmorgan.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/1906/

  I did not delete over 200 shares with with Facebook, then come back and delete the one that had been missed

  it did not do it by itself!!!

  do you want me to buy premium, is this what is happening???

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 6, 2018 at 1:06 pm

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  I am closing this thread as we’re already helping you in https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/facebook-removed-shares/#post-3139190