Site Was Hacked

  • srothmuller

    (@srothmuller)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    I don’t think I was using the latest wordpress software. My site was hacked in the last day or so. The hackers have changed my wordpress.org username and password and I cannot get back into my account.

    I am going to have my server host (lunarpages) restore a back up from Sunday. Will this potentially allow me to access my wordpress account with my old username and password?

    Is there a way I can restore my password and username now so that I can see if I can restore my blog without having my server restore with a backup?

    Thanks,
    Sheryl
    http://www.arthritisfriend.com <– hacked site 🙁

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  • figaro

    (@figaro)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    See the following video on how to change your password via phpMyAdmin.

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    devans-ws

    (@devans-ws)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    If you have access to the backend database, you can update the values in wp_users (at a minimum, change user_login, user_nicename and user_email). Then use the “Lost your password?” option on the login page to get a new password.

    Passwords are stored in a special hash formatting (see phpass 0.1) if you want to get your geek on. But, really it’s much easier to go the password reset route!

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