WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Hacked! http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Hacked! en Sat, 25 May 2013 19:36:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 auxclass on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066501 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:14:07 +0000 auxclass 1066501@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ More Better - Use the Past Text boxes in the second line of the editor (the ones with the funny "T"'s in them)

You be welcome

]]> timethief on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066499 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:09:28 +0000 timethief 1066499@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's good news. You will want to enable this setting > Settings > Writing
Formatting
_ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically
Then click "save changes"

]]> thebuddharats on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066497 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:07:31 +0000 thebuddharats 1066497@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the replies, everyone. I started going through my posts, and found some "cut and paste" code that looked suspicious. I deleted it and everything is back to normal.

]]> timethief on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066383 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:27:50 +0000 timethief 1066383@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Firstly, I am very disappointed with the lack of support. There are zero links to contact tech support, and while the community is friendly, I need someone from within the wordpress business to ask specific questions to.

This is a peer support forum where Volunteers and Staff work cooperatively to deliver WordPress.com support. Volunteers answer most questions and Staff monitor. When Volunteers cannot provide the required support we flag threads for Staff attention.

There is no phone support here. If you have purchased an upgrade then you can contact Staff directly using this link http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ If you have not purchased an upgrade then simply post what you need help with into this forum thread.

]]> timethief on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066382 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:26:26 +0000 timethief 1066382@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Delete nothing as deletion can be irreversible in some cases. Which blog are you referring to? This one does not have any sidebar issues http://thebuddharats.wordpress.com/

]]> auxclass on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066372 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:49:12 +0000 auxclass 1066372@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See also: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/broken-layout-sidebar-displays-below-page?replies=8

]]> auxclass on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066357 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:59:57 +0000 auxclass 1066357@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you are missing sidebar stuff you probably pasted in you content from Word or another word-processing program and you need to fix the broken html code that produces - maybe someone else will have the link on how to auto fix the bad code

The only “hacked” sites I have seen here have been people getting the password somehow to a site so you do want to be careful how you log in and use a tough password.

You should also check to make sure that someone has not added a new user to your site. Problems have also happened when there was more than one Admin. and an Admin left on less than graceful terms.

Dashboard >> Users

Many times a users email is hacked or the password guessed and the email account is used to get access by requesting a password reset – you need to change your email password and make sure they nobody has been added to your email account.

You should also run a virus check on you PC to make sure your PC does not have a security issue that has compromised your email or WordPress.COM log-in information (also your bank etc. if you do online banking or retirement accounts)

There have also been a few Posts on “hacked” sites and it was because someone got the Post by Email address and using the Post by Email to send in new Posts, if you have Post by email disable the Post by Email and regenerate the address. Spammers have scripts the generate email addresses and they sometimes can get a valid address for a Post by Email address.

You could also use a secure log-in in case you are on an unsecured link: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

]]> thebuddharats on "Hacked!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-18#post-1066353 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:48:03 +0000 thebuddharats 1066353@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Firstly, I am very disappointed with the lack of support. There are zero links to contact tech support, and while the community is friendly, I need someone from within the wordpress business to ask specific questions to.

That being said, I believe my blog has been hacked. All of my Sidebar links, etc. are not showing up although they are set up to display in the dashboard (which I was finally able to access after signing in from a different page within the wordpress website).

Any thoughts on how to remedy this problem, or do I have to delete everything and start from scratch?

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