One of my WordPress blogs seems to have been hacked and I can't even log in to it!!!! What expletives should I use?
My last post there was three days ago, and then even though I did not post, I did edit my theme a couple of days ago and everything was still fine. And then one day, I was told that there was an error and my blog could not be opened at all.
So I S.O.S.ed my webhost and he did a little troubleshooting and I could access it again, though it was not possible for me to upgrade my older version of WordPress or my plug-ins.
Within a few short hours, I could no longer access my blog again. I shot another mail to my webhost. Somehow, I could access it once again and was halfway upgrading my WordPress when after logging out and when I was supposed to log in again to complete the process of the upgrade, my password no longer works.
I know, it's weird and gives me a sinking feeling. I thought I could settle it with a password reset but until now, it looks like resetting my password does not even work. Right now, I am waiting for my webhost to help me out.
The blog is still accessible right now, just that I no longer have admin rights. Thankfully that is an important blog or I would be totally stressed giler now.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out .........
My last post there was three days ago, and then even though I did not post, I did edit my theme a couple of days ago and everything was still fine. And then one day, I was told that there was an error and my blog could not be opened at all.
So I S.O.S.ed my webhost and he did a little troubleshooting and I could access it again, though it was not possible for me to upgrade my older version of WordPress or my plug-ins.
Within a few short hours, I could no longer access my blog again. I shot another mail to my webhost. Somehow, I could access it once again and was halfway upgrading my WordPress when after logging out and when I was supposed to log in again to complete the process of the upgrade, my password no longer works.
I know, it's weird and gives me a sinking feeling. I thought I could settle it with a password reset but until now, it looks like resetting my password does not even work. Right now, I am waiting for my webhost to help me out.
The blog is still accessible right now, just that I no longer have admin rights. Thankfully that is an important blog or I would be totally stressed giler now.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out .........
8 comments:
Which webhost you are using? Hmm...
I host with a friend.
Private hosting but he's a great guy who solves all my problems for me. LOL
Hehe.. better check if there's any security hole for your current wordpress version. Better patch it soon.
I've updated my WP and plug-ins to the latest version but WP will keep coming out with newer versions before I could have a breather!
Scary. Do you have some kind of log that allow you to monitor the ip that logged in your blog for these few days?
There probably is one. My webhost will be doing that for me.
perhaps u can get into phMyAdmin and change the admin password thru the database....
ur webhost shud be able to help u in a jiffy...
then, revert to the old theme (perhaps the new theme isnt from a trusted provider).
then upgrade to the latest WP version (if u hadnt done it)
hope this helps...
Hi Kavi,
Thanks for your tips.
I have already done the necessary. Now my webhost will be monitoring the situation to look for possible attempts of hacking.
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