Title: How to stop hacking …
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# How to stop hacking …

 *  [JaniceD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janiced/)
 * (@janiced)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-hacking/)
 * Someone hacked into my mysql databases and deleted them, i think they viewed 
   my config file, how do i stop/prevent this?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-hacking/#post-548562)
 * [Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress) might shed
   some light…
 *  [MrBig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbig/)
 * (@mrbig)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-hacking/#post-548888)
 * You can also create a new user for you DB and delete your old one.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [MrBig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbig/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-hacking/#post-548888)
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