Comments on: My WordPress Site Was Hacked http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/ Technical Communication Blog / Technical Writing Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wes http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-140871 Wes Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:42:14 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-140871 Thank you for this post... I woke up to see my site in this state.. I was running the latest 2.7, and was able to get the site back online from your instructions... Though I did have a few Hello world posts, I didn't see additional users. Sort of a random bot hack? W Thank you for this post…

I woke up to see my site in this state.. I was running the latest 2.7, and was able to get the site back online from your instructions…

Though I did have a few Hello world posts, I didn’t see additional users. Sort of a random bot hack?

W

]]> By: mike http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-140195 mike Thu, 21 May 2009 12:32:42 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-140195 Thanks for the info. I'm demented at the min. In work and just realized my wordpress site was hacked,. Can't wait to get home and fix it Thanks for the info.

I’m demented at the min. In work and just realized my wordpress site was hacked,. Can’t wait to get home and fix it

]]> By: Marika http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-139968 Marika Wed, 06 May 2009 20:14:57 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-139968 Thank you for this post, it saved me a reinstall! I was working on a site for somebody, was in the middle of uploading a picture when the site timed out. Tried to re-enter the site, got page 404 for about an hour. After that I got directed to the wp-install screen, just like you here. Followed your instructions and got it all back within 3 minutes. Thank you for that! One thing though, mine was not hacked, I checked and there were no additional users entered or anything else suspicious. I assume the database must have gotten corrupted during the time-out while the page was reloading. But the fix worked wonders! Marika Thank you for this post, it saved me a reinstall!
I was working on a site for somebody, was in the middle of uploading a picture when the site timed out. Tried to re-enter the site, got page 404 for about an hour. After that I got directed to the wp-install screen, just like you here.

Followed your instructions and got it all back within 3 minutes. Thank you for that!

One thing though, mine was not hacked, I checked and there were no additional users entered or anything else suspicious. I assume the database must have gotten corrupted during the time-out while the page was reloading. But the fix worked wonders!

Marika

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]]> By: Kevin Phoenix http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-138512 Kevin Phoenix Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:41:05 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-138512 Tom, bonjour... Will this still be a problem with version 2.7 Security feature activated? Tom, bonjour… Will this still be a problem with version 2.7 Security feature activated?

]]> By: Tom http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-138082 Tom Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:19:32 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-138082 Silasious, I'm glad you found my post helpful. Silasious, I’m glad you found my post helpful.

]]> By: Silasious http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-138070 Silasious Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:59:22 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-138070 Thanks!!! More or less the same thing happened to me right now. Strangely enough I didn't panic also. I just starting googling and yours was one of the first sites that came up. I followed your instructions and now everything is up and running again. Thank you so much!!! Thanks!!! More or less the same thing happened to me right now. Strangely enough I didn’t panic also. I just starting googling and yours was one of the first sites that came up. I followed your instructions and now everything is up and running again. Thank you so much!!!

]]> By: google shadow http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-137456 google shadow Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:57:46 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-137456 I agree with you Sriki, it's better to have back up with your files, hacking cannot be avoided nowadays, so better prepare. I agree with you Sriki, it’s better to have back up with your files, hacking cannot be avoided nowadays, so better prepare.

]]> By: Philip http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-137386 Philip Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:19:43 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-137386 This was some very helpful information. It's ashame people take the time to hack someone's site, especially if there is no "incentive" behind it. This was some very helpful information. It’s ashame people take the time to hack someone’s site, especially if there is no “incentive” behind it.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2008/06/22/first-time-site-was-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-135747 Kevin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:43:47 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1635#comment-135747 Same thing just happened to my site. This post was a tremendous help. Thanks! Same thing just happened to my site. This post was a tremendous help. Thanks!

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