Website hacking attempts using real name

  • wordnerdsally

    (@wordnerdsally)


    11 years ago

    Hi,
    I’m used to people hacking my site [http://www.wordnerd.co.uk] but they’ve started doing it using my real name which seems a bit odd as either they must know me or they’ve gone to the trouble of looking me up.

    Are there are extra precautions I can take or is there any way of stopping them? I have the free Wordfence plugin on my site.

    Thank you very much (and thanks to the person who responded to me earlier on Twitter!).

    Sally

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/wordfence/

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  • WFBrian

    (@wfbrian)

    11 years ago

    Hi Sally,

    I’d say as long as you do not have an account on your site that uses your real name, then you are fine. I can’t think of anything else you could do to prevent it as long as your name is out there on the internet.

    -Brian

    Thread Starter wordnerdsally

    (@wordnerdsally)

    11 years ago

    Thanks Brian.

    None of them use my real name and my password is more than 20 characters long so hopefully it’s uncrackable.

    Sally

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