WordPress.com Forums » Topic: My Blog Was Hacked http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: My Blog Was Hacked en Sun, 19 May 2013 14:36:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 auxclass on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036773 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:13:27 +0000 auxclass 1036773@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You be welcome - just doing my token help for the day :)

]]> justjillsblog on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036701 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:31:19 +0000 justjillsblog 1036701@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nah, both of you are. ;)

]]> timethief on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036697 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:45 +0000 timethief 1036697@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your welcome from me, but I think it's auxclass who is awesome. ;)

]]> justjillsblog on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036695 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:29:44 +0000 justjillsblog 1036695@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Aha! Neither are enabled. Thank you for your help. :)

I already made sure there were no extra users.

You guys are awesome.

]]> auxclass on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036686 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:22:29 +0000 auxclass 1036686@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Try:

Dashboard >> My Blogs >> you should see two coll's - one that says - Post by Email and the other Post by Voice

Also double check for extra users

]]> justjillsblog on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036671 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:09:29 +0000 justjillsblog 1036671@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well when I go to the screen options on the New Post screen, I don't see anything where I can enable or disable email or voice. The links shared above tell me that's where I should find it, but I just don't see anything.

Any suggestions?

]]> auxclass on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036667 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:08:12 +0000 auxclass 1036667@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please double check on the Post by email & voice - someone could have set them up when they were logged in - then they don't need to log in to post to your blog

]]> justjillsblog on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036660 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:04:17 +0000 justjillsblog 1036660@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for your response, timethief. I couldn't quite figure out how to disable email and voice posting, but I'm guessing they aren't enabled at all if I have no idea how to do so.

I made the other changes you suggested. I appreciate your help. :)

]]> timethief on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036637 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:39:12 +0000 timethief 1036637@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi trhere,
I flagged this thread for Staff assistance. I don't know why Chrome is freezing for you and don't think it's related but Staff will address that.

Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that's how many hackers gain access to blogs
Read > 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.

]]> justjillsblog on "My Blog Was Hacked" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-blog-was-hacked-1#post-1036354 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:33:44 +0000 justjillsblog 1036354@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So, my blog was hacked by some make-money-quick company. They posted something with links telling people to check it out, blahblah.

I was able to go in and delete the blog as well as change my password, but not via the dashboard. Whenever I go to the dashboard in Chrome, it freezes. Could this be a part of the hack? If so, what should I do? I am able to use the dashboard just fine in Mozilla. Let me know if there's anything else I can do besides changing my password to fix this and avoid future hacks.

Thanks!

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