hacked

  • lisamkarl

    (@lisamkarl)


    15 years, 2 months ago

    No one told me that I shouldn’t use the username ‘admin’ and I’ve been hacked. I’m not that computer literate and have NO idea what to do. I have other sites and wordpress won’t let me change the user name. I now see how easy it is to get my password. When you go to my site it says:

    {#}!! Hacked By qc.8@hotmail.com{#}
    BeSt oF The BeSt
    ) : !… There is no protection Sorry …. Admin
    {+}foreign letters, I don’t know what they are{+}
    {+}qc.8@hotmail.com{+}

    What in the world do I do to get my site back?

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  • Mike DAmore

    (@mgdamore)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve been hit with that also – but I used what I thought was a strong user name / password, but I guess I’m wrong. I also cannot log in now, nor, have WP send me a new password because it says that my email address don’t exist. I have password protected the folder which WP is installed in so hopefully, there will not be any further damage, but my search for a fix has been futile.

    Any assistance would be greatly appriciated.

    – Mike

    Mike DAmore

    (@mgdamore)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    After some digging around my site – I found a strange index.php file in my root folder. Sure enough this file is doing the damage. I have changed the permissions to 0000 and have passed the file onto my hosting company to see what they think, and how I can correct the damage done to my site.

    The title within the code is: <title>Hacked By qc.8 @ hotmail.com</title> so I would look for that file and shut it down. After that – I don’t know, but I hope to know soon.

    – Mike

    Alwyn Botha

    (@123milliseconds)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    >>how I can correct the damage done to my site.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

    Thread Starter lisamkarl

    (@lisamkarl)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    I appreciate the answers. I’m not very technical, so I think I’ll delete the site, reinstall and try to follow the security instructions 123milliseconds sent me to. thanks & gl mgamore.

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