david_mc

Thanks, you’ve given me plenty to think about!

I also just received the log files from the event. Seems as far as I can tell to start with:

“https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=mywebsite&meta=”

Interestingly, it’s a BTinternet machine running W98.

Judging by the above post this is someone checking my WP version? Then I get a load of entries where he/she is, I guess, posting their own stuff on my site through /img/edit.gif and /bcvb.css and such like.

Otto42 – could you expand on what you mean by this? Thanks

‘getting in via somebody else’s site on a shared system, myself. That’s the most commonplace approach, I believe.’

doodlebee

Thanks for that. So probably it was just the front page of my site which was overwritten but the content which is stored in the database is all still there?
I guess I don’t really understand the difference between my website being hacked and my database, probably because I got help setting the WP database up. This unfortunate event gives me the incentive to learn it for myself though!

Thanks again for your time.

Thanks, bytedreams! I’ll look into that possibility. My host tells me they are investigating but have yet to reveal anything to me.

Were you running 2.0.4 and did you manage to recover any of your files?

I’ve had a similar experience. My WordPress blog was hacked, and the content replaced with the website and email of the hacker. Whilst this doesn’t appear to have been overtly malicious I’m curious at to how it could have happened (not to mention a bit dismayed at lost posts). And, obviously I don’t want to put it back up for the same thing to happen again. I was running the latest version 2.0.4 with only the backup utility add-on. My password was pretty secure I think, a jumble of 11 letters and numbers. I’m baffled as to what other way could they have gotten in?

I’m currently trying to find out if my host has any logs of the event to explain what happened. One coincidence was that a few hours before it happened I approved a comment, from a trusted source.

Any advice, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks