Title: security issue !!!!!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# security issue !!!!!

 *  [mduszyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mduszyk/)
 * (@mduszyk)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-6/)
 * Hi,
 * somebody named DustyDelacruz75 “configured” himself as the admin user of my blog
   and remove the “delete” option from my admin account. Anybody know how to get
   rid of this user and prevent this from happening again?
 * Thanks,
 * MarkD

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-6/#post-1208288)
 * `<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.8.1" />`
 * The 2.8.3 security release update was released on 08/03, and 2.8.4 released on
   08/11.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-6/#post-1208289)
 * Delete him from the database in you PHPmyAdmin or whatever you have. After that,
   see what this user has done, edited files, added, files, created tables in the
   database, that sort of thing. Make sure to change ALL passwords (yes I also mean
   PHPmyAdmin and `FTP`), upgrade and read that nice article called Hardening WordPress
   from the codex/docs.

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 * Last reply from: [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-6/#post-1208289)
 * Status: not resolved

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