people help me, my site at www.modospot.com has been hacked. what should i do? Help me. I can not login to the dashboard with my username and password.
i was initially worried that i get 404 error when i make a post in one of my sites, now it has been hacked. what kind of world is this!
This seems to be a defacement...he go hold of your ftp credentials, changed your index.php and using wp-config...changed the admin username/password. I will recommend the following: 1)Scan your machine for any malware,virus,trojan etc 2)Change all ftp and cpanel passwords 3)Using phpmyadmin, you can recover your password by changing it on wp_users table 4)If you have a backup of your site, delete all files and upload the back up OR else do a clean installation of Wordpress(latest) and import posts/pages 5)Secure your site: - put wp-config above the public root folder - Install Bullet Proof Security Plugin - Delete install.php in wp-admin folder Also this a good read: http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
I hope this helps...http://www.groovypost.com/howto/how-to/improve-wordpress-securitty-wp-config-php-location/
Sorry to hear what happened to your site. In addition to the good advice posted above, I'd recommend you create a really strong password and use a tool like LastPass or KeePass to keep track of your passwords.
not that easy....most hackers always changes the administrator's email address together with the password. In doing so, use forgot password link...it will yield nothing.