Title: Ways to Prevent SQL Injection Hack
Last modified: February 7, 2021

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# Ways to Prevent SQL Injection Hack

 *  Resolved [Robert Eichhorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robert-eichhorn/)
 * (@robert-eichhorn)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ways-to-prevent-sql-injection-hack/)
 * What security steps would you recommend to prevent my SQL database from being
   hacked. I’ve found a lot of entries that I didn’t insert. Someone said a spambot
   may have inserted them.

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 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ways-to-prevent-sql-injection-hack/#post-14013751)
 * Hi there,
 * The biggest one would really be making sure that all your plugins, themes, and
   even core are all up to date. The other would be enforcing strong passwords for
   everything.
 *  [scsiraidguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scsiraidguru/)
 * (@scsiraidguru)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ways-to-prevent-sql-injection-hack/#post-14013771)
 * My Fortinet 60E UTM Firewall blocks it

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 * Last reply from: [scsiraidguru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scsiraidguru/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ways-to-prevent-sql-injection-hack/#post-14013771)
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