Title: Webs
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Webs

 *  [fillerline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fillerline/)
 * (@fillerline)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webs/)
 * Our WordPress (3.0.1) website was hacked 2 days ago. The defacer went to theme-
   editor.php and edited our index.php. The defacer was able to log in without any
   traces of bruteforcing. I think he was knowledgeable of the password at first.
   Though before the access, he went to view wp-content’s contents and plugins before
   he was able to log in. The codes and the database were unchanged. The password
   for wp-admin was touched though.
 * The hacker named protocol is from Dos-DZ team who’s a part of a network of hackers
   named DZ hackers.
 * So what do you guys think?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webs/#post-1807890)
 * Are you absolutely sure that he edited the file through the theme editor, or 
   did he just gain access to the server itself and edit or replace the file the
   old-fashioned way?
 * The “old-fashioned way” has been around for many years. All a hacker needs to
   do is compromise an account (or simply open an account) on a poorly secured shared
   server to gain access to the entire thing.
 *  Thread Starter [fillerline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fillerline/)
 * (@fillerline)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webs/#post-1808071)
 * Based on the logs, he accessed theme-editor.php and did his thing.

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 * Last reply from: [fillerline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fillerline/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webs/#post-1808071)
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