Title: Hacking problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Hacking problem

 *  [landlady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/landlady/)
 * (@landlady)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/)
 * My IBS board keeps getting hacked and the support team think it may be due to
   my wordpress (which I host) Here is what they say:
    _It really does look like
   WordPress may be the culprit here that’s allowing them access. You may want to
   make sure that it’s up to date and possibly contact the creators to find out 
   if there’s anything they can advise you to do to ensure this doesn’t happen again._
   I do have the most updated version of wordpress 2.1.3 – I installed it myself
   as soon as it came out. Can anyone give me any advice on this please.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/#post-570315)
 * 2.1.3 is not the most updated.
 * 2.2 is.
    [http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/wp-22-is-a-mandatory-upgrade-for-213-users/](http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/wp-22-is-a-mandatory-upgrade-for-213-users/)
 *  Thread Starter [landlady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/landlady/)
 * (@landlady)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/#post-570399)
 * Thanks, I missed that one – I will update it to that and see if that does the
   trick.
 *  [Marcel Brinkkemper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macbrink/)
 * (@macbrink)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/#post-570411)
 * landlady also check the permissions of the files and directories after installing
   2.2.
    files should be 644 and directories should be 755.
 *  Thread Starter [landlady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/landlady/)
 * (@landlady)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/#post-570658)
 * Thanks, I will

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [landlady](https://wordpress.org/support/users/landlady/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hacking-problem/#post-570658)
 * Status: not resolved

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