Title: Hacked by TechnicaL Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Hacked by TechnicaL * [osize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osize/) * (@osize) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/) * I recently installed version 2.7 and apparently my installation was hacked somewhere along the line. I deleted the installation adn re-installedstill same problem. Now all the installations in the domain has been hacked. My host seem to be clueless. What do I do. Here is the page: [http://mootbox.com](http://mootbox.com) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Thread Starter [osize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osize/) * (@osize) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076296) * I did the same in another domain [http://thegoodmanfund.com/](http://thegoodmanfund.com/) same problem. What can I do to get rid of this problem. * [solconnection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solconnection/) * (@solconnection) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076461) * Hi osize, i just had the same thing happen to 2 of my sites. They havent even launched yet and are not on any search engines. * One thing i did notice is that you are with IXWebhosting as well…so (just speculating here) it’s probably a site wide attack on them. * I am going to contact them now and see what they say, i suggest yo do the same. * anyone have any ideas on how to get my sites running again? there is nothing in the root folder yet it still displays the hackers splash page. * [solconnection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solconnection/) * (@solconnection) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076481) * I am pretty sure (according to my logs) they used the DFind command line scanner to find a way in to my main server, but im still not exactly sure how they got in. I dont think it was via wordpress but im not certain about that. * There is a lot of talk about ixwebhosting being very hackable. * [endorpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endorpha/) * (@endorpha) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076552) * Hi ya, i havge jsut had the same hack on some of my domains with ixwebhosting. * Just created a ticket with them to look into this was wondering what your solution to this was and if any files are infected with the attack. I have been through the database on one the sites to try and solve the problem but he install of wordpress2.7 is still messed up. * Did any of you find a solution as i see some of your sites are back up and running. * Many thanks, Dave * Thread Starter [osize](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osize/) * (@osize) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076594) * My problem was caused by filezilla. I used another ftp tool and everything was perfect. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076595) * > My problem was caused by filezilla * that’s just dumb how would filezilla cause a hack? * [Pablo Esquivel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablo-esquivel/) * (@pablo-esquivel) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076618) * One of my sites has beed hacked by this guy so called “TechnicaL”. I think I have the solution. * First of all I have to grant this hacker some credit. It took me a whole minute to discover the origin of the problem. * I hope the following procedure helps people with this problem: - [EricaMarques.com](http://www.ericamarques.com/) has a good reputation, So in order to avoid badware distribution or other threats I downloaded the entire site for analysis and then deleted it from the server. - I uploaded an in construction image - I searched all pages for the “hacked by Tecnical” string Nothing found, the pages wasnt modified at all. - So I went for the database. Downloaded and installed [mysql gui tools](http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html) - Opened MySql Administrator - Made a conection to the database (this information is in the wp-config.php) - Clicked on Catalogs There you see several tables Edited an table called wp- options (right click edit table data) - The very first option siteurl should point to you site, in my case was pointing to the hackers site. - Just delete this and put your url in - Second modification was for the blogs name. - I changed as well. - Then I Googled “hacked by Tecnical” and found this post, so here I am writing. - Next step will be change all related passwords, most important my database passwords and unique phrases in wp-config.php. - Finally I will upload the site again and test. * Please comment if you have any similar experience. * Cheers, Pablo * [Pablo Esquivel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablo-esquivel/) * (@pablo-esquivel) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076622) * I’m back only to say it was easly solved. Check it out no hacks! [Erica Marques](http://www.ericamarques.com/sobre/)** I only had to modify 2 records on the options table in the wp database. Title Hacked by Technical was restored to Erica Marques url was restored to [http://www.ericamarques.com](http://www.ericamarques.com/) For peace of mind I also moved the database to other server. Problem resolved. Anyone knows how this guy got there? I’ll give some facts, maybe other bloggers share some contitions. I host ericamarques.com on IX web hosting. Use wordpress as blog engine My MySql database is on IX webhosting too. My guess is that I opened the door myself. Since this was ment to be a test blog, I didn’t personalize my unique phrases. Hacker probably used these default phrases to get access to the database. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Hacked by TechnicaL’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [hacked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hacked/) * [trojan](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trojan/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 8 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Pablo Esquivel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablo-esquivel/) * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacked-by-technical/#post-1076622) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics