Site hacked?

  • Dublove

    (@dublove)


    9 years, 6 months ago

    I received an email saying the following:

    Password Lost and Changed for user: jon

    I don’t know anyone called Jon and now my username/password isn’t recognised for login.

    Can I assume my site has been hacked?

    Thanks

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • The Hack Repair Guy

    (@tvcnet)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Yes, you should assume your site is compromised.

    Next, I recommend you log in and look at your “Users” list to see if any other accounts exist (which you did not add personally).

    Then make sure to reset both your Admin users passwords (in WordPress)
    and likewise the email address password (at your email service provider) you set in WordPress.

    Report back here regarding what you find.

    Viktor Nagornyy

    (@viktorix)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Yes, most likely it sounds that it was hacked. Since you have hosting control, you can manually reset your user password in the database. Here’s a tutorial on how to do it.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • The topic ‘Site hacked?’ is closed to new replies.

Tags