Why are mysterious posts showing up on my stats page?

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  memoirsofadownwarddog · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 8:12 pm

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  When I go to my Stats page, under the heading of “Top Posts and Pages” there are some names of posts that I did not publish. When I click on that link, the page is very jumbled and definitely not something I posted. This has happened a few times and I am not sure what is happening. I also do not know if it is showing up as public, or how those people got linked to these mysterious posts…..

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 8:19 pm

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  Hello there,
  Will you post the URL starting with http:// for the blog in question so we can confirm it for Staff? I tagged this thread for Staff. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond.

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  memoirsofadownwarddog · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 8:40 pm

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  When I click this link on my stats page, this is where it took me to.
  

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 8:47 pm

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  Your blog has been hacked.

  Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs
  Then read this please knowing that blogs don’t get hacked when security protocols are followed. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

  1. If you can log-in go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.

  2. Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/

  3. Disable post by voice > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-voice/

  4. Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password

  5. Use a secure, encrypted connection to connect to your Dashboard. Under Users → Personal Settings, check the box that says “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages, and click Save Changes.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2013 at 8:48 pm

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  @memoirsofadownwarddog
  Don’t click those links in your blog.

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  zandyring · Staff · Jan 28, 2013 at 7:43 pm

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  Jennifer,

  Did you make this post: http://memoirsofadownwarddog.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/bootylicious/

  The link you reference is the attachment page for the image in this above post, so if you didn’t post it, there is an issue. If you DID make that post, it is simply someone who clicked on the image to see the full-size image.

  Thanks for any clarification you can provide!