Title: Attack Issues
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Attack Issues

 *  [KsvBist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksvbist/)
 * (@ksvbist)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/)
 * I found that some anonymous user was added to my website where as I don’t have
   added anyone in my site. It was user “Jlhy1101 with email Id [jlhy101@hotmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/jlhy101@hotmail.com?output_format=md)”

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 *  [suzettefranck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suzettefranck/)
 * (@suzettefranck)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/#post-5482075)
 * Bummer, I would change all of your passwords immediately.
 *  [Matt Knowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aestheticdesign/)
 * (@aestheticdesign)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/#post-5482082)
 * It’s possible, hard to say without seeing your site, that they created the user
   as a subscriber.
 * If that’s not a possibility with your site, then read and follow the instructions
   here:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 *  [Matthew Wilcoxson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akademy/)
 * (@akademy)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/#post-5482090)
 * I had exactly the same username/password appear on my own hosted site. I have
   no idea how they eveb found the site as the url is VERY complex… I have had no
   other users registered (not even spam ones).
 * They appear to have signed up as a subscriber. I’m unsure of what they did next.
 * I’ve taken the website offline for now…
 * (I’m getting paranoid now… maybe I shouldn’t be publically connecting my blog
   to that username…)
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/#post-5482143)
 * George, don’t panic yet. Like Matt indicated, check your general settings. If“
   Anyone can register” is checked, there’s nothing to worry about, just uncheck
   and save the change. Delete the user. If it is NOT checked, you do have a problem.
   Follow Matt’s link. Still no reason to panic, it happens. It’s just data in cyberspace,
   no one is physically hurt here.
 * If your site is online, spambots will find it no matter how obscure. Complex 
   URLs are a challenge to humans, not ‘bots. They’ll try to register on any form
   they come across, hoping it’ll lead to their ability to drop spam in comments.
   This is very likely what jlhy101 is.

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 * In: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
 * 4 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attack-issues/#post-5482143)
 * Status: not resolved

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