Odd Draft Posts Appearing

  • LysaGreer

    (@lysagreer)


    11 years, 10 months ago

    Yesterday, I logged into my site, and noticed that there were 8 draft posts, all with the same category chosen, in my posts dashboard.

    I checked with my VA to see if she had logged in and done this, but, she hadn’t – and so, I deleted them.

    Today, one reappeared.

    Same category chosen, no title, but, a draft that appeared as started.

    Has anyone encountered this? It’s quite frightening, since, I have no idea how this is happening or how to stop it.

    Also, right now, it’s just a draft post – but, what if there is more to come to destroy my site?

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    Do the drafts have any content that might be a clue to what’s going on? All I can think of is you either have an errant plugin creating these or it is a hacking attempt. If the drafts appear at a predictable interval, you could try deactivating certain plugins to see if that stops the drafts.

    If it appears to be a hack attempt, start implementing some of the measures in FAQ My site was hacked, in particular, change all passwords. After that you can decide how much of a response is warranted.

    Thread Starter LysaGreer

    (@lysagreer)

    11 years, 10 months ago

    The passwords are changed – the drafts only choose the same category – but, that’s about it. I am keeping an eye on it…it’s just a little frightening.

    Thank you!!

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