Threat of account hacking

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    faithfaraday05 · Member ·

    I received a notification of someone logging in with my email link. Please verify and help me rectify it. Thanks

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    staartmees · Member ·

    I would start with changing your password. It’s very important you have a strong password! Also activate two step authentication to tigthen security, https://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    We don’t send a notification if someone logs in via an email link, only when a login link is requested. We do log email logins on our end, and I don’t see any unauthorised email logins for your account – the last email login was two days ago, and it was done from the same IP address that you used to post this forum thread, meaning it was done using your own computer.

    Anyone can request a login link for your account by typing your email address or your username into the login screen, but they’ll only be able to log into your account if they also have access to your email account. This is why email login is much safer and much more difficult to get around than logging in with a password.

    As long as you are sure you’re the only person with access to your emails, someone else cannot get into your account via an email login link.

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