Website hacked and passwords changed

  • Teidner

    (@teidner)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    HEEELP! We got a big problem. Our website has been hacked and all of our passwords to WordPress.org has been changed so we don’t have acces to the site anymore! The worst part is that the hackers have change the content so it contains their statements (and a nice little video). What should I do when I don’t have acces to my admin page anymore because they changed the password? LOOK: http://evamejnertz.dk/

    I really need this site to work, so I hope you guys can help med out.

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  • Roy

    (@gangleri)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

    perezbox

    (@perezbox)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    It’s not uncommon for attackers to update the access information to your website.

    What you want to do is log into the server via FTP / SFTP and manually update your user information via the DB. You should be able to do this via Adminer or by using PHPmyadmin or something equivalent in your host administration panel (i.e., CPANEL).

    Here is a good article on the subject: http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

    Once you have restored control and have implemented better access control mechanisms (i.e., 2FA, Good Passwords, etc..) then you can proceed with the link @roy provided..

    Until you regain control however you will be simply chasing your tail.

    That being said, remain calm and you’ll be just fine.. 🙂

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