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wpmu 1.2.4 site hacked. Admin can't Login. Please Help! (3 posts)

  1. amirbq
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Hello,

    My wpmu 1.2.4 site has been hacked. I can't login as admin. When I add username/password and click the button, it takes me to a blank page.

    Also, when I visit the index page of the website, after a few seconds the site gets redirected to some antivirus website.

    What are my options to be able to get back in the site and perform an upgrade to 2.6.x.

    I have approx 4000+ users/bloggers.

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

  2. lunabyte
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    A 1.2.4 site hacked? Really?

    Lesson here: Keep up with your upgrades.

    Restore from backup, update incrementally.

  3. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I noted there you didn't make any mention of trying to do things like:

    - ftp into your server and look for any weird files and check your htaccess
    - go into the database directly and change your admin password

    And I'm sure this will sound harsh, but - with a site that size you really should know how to access other things on the server.

    Change your ftp password, your root password, your web account password and heck even your db password and make DAMN SURE they are not all the same password. If you did make a mistake that dumb, even running the most secure code won't help then.

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