My website was hacked
Published on February 14, 2017
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I can't believe it. I thought this sort of thing only happens to established websites. My website is definitely NOT what I would define as "established" at all!
I'm posting a screen shot of the code used by the hacker, which I saw in the Content area of my post's revision history.
Good thing there is the revision history I could fall back on. But I left it untouched so that SiteSupport could have a look.
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They confirmed it was a hacking attempt.
I googled for this code and found it on someone else's website! http://diaryofaperthgirl.com.au/halva-meringue-cak...
This is the code I copied and pasted directly from my post's revision history: [insert_php] print md5('tujjfdfjkh'); [/insert_php][php] print md5('tujjfdfjkh'); [/php]
Thank goodness...
- SiteSupport was able to come to my aid swiftly (as usual)
- The damage done to my site was minimal -- only one post's content was changed to "Hello World", as far as I can tell
- I have an auto-tweet plugin, so I was informed of this happening via a tweet that was generated from this post amendment!
I have since deleted the "admin" user role, since I know that this the one of the first entry points for hackers.
Anyone with any similar experience? Would love to hear feedback from anyone for sure! Thanks for reading...
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