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I think somebody just hacked into my blog

Posted by ayouthofvalour • 9/20/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog, hacked

my blog mastersofseo.com Somebody went in and changed everything around. I've been trying to fix it. But it's wierd because they didn't change the password. And they didn't really mess up to much, they just moved it around. Most of this i've fixed, But I can't figure out why they did it. They deleted my visitor tracker, and changed the layout and colors, they deleted the extra pages I had in the header, and all my meta tags, and they changed the title of the blog. But all the posts are still there, and they didn't put anything new in that I can tell.

has anybody else had this happen?

User Comments

9/20/08

Jeunelle

Here is a Link that might help...Good luck
www.stephanmiller.com/getting-yourself-unhacked-by-mr-exe-destoyer-or-dark-...

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9/20/08

kden

Geez, sorry to hear that. Can't imagine why someone would want to do that, seems pointless.

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9/20/08

annaswan

I went by and looked at your source code because I had an idea on that - but I didn't see anythng out of the ordinary. So, I left a comment

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9/20/08

chrisesty

It could be possible that they put bad code in there too. Do you have a backup?

It is always good to have a backup. That way, when something like this happens you can contact your host and ask them to put the blog back to the way it was.

I always make sure I have a current backup with my hosting account.

By the way, I'm sure you probably did this already, but just in case, it would be a good idea to change your password.

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9/20/08

MediaLover

You should try these plugins to help double check your security...

wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/

wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/

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9/20/08

ayouthofvalour

alright thanks for the help everybody i'll try your suggestions.

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9/20/08

Chrislag

I think Chrisety and Medialover gave you good advice.

Also check who is subscribing to your wordpress account.(in your dashboard profile)

I have had alot of bots trying to become subcribers to me lately.
(my wp.org blog is not in Blogcatalog)

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9/20/08

babylex88

omG pity on you

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9/20/08

ayouthofvalour

dragonlager, I just checked and their are like 15 people or bots idk. would that affect anything?

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9/20/08

cooper

I has to close my registration because of that kind of thing.

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