Someone registered as a user on my wordpress blog – possible hacker?

  • I received this email this morning:

    New user registration on your blog :
    Username: MisterX45881
    E-mail: JohnDillinger1903 AT gmx DOT com

    I have found another blog through google who posted about the same thing happening to her last night. Is this something to be worried about? Why would someone register as a user on a blog? Can they access anything?

    Mnay thanks

    Jen

    [moderator] Email address changed inline with the forum rules.

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  • Xavvi

    (@skinny-latte)

    I just had the same john AT chetkoe DOT tv person register on my site. They somehow managed to become an admin as well!

    I deleted the account and unchecked the box that allowed anyone to register on my site. What else should I check for? Also, I don’t know what that means for people using my site now that I have unchecked that setting. Will they still be able to comment on my posts?

    I also use Lockdown like Tinytoes but I think I’m gonna install Saber as well.

    This is all a bit worrying.

    John gets around. I just looked. Yup.

    If the option for anyone to register is turned off, how are new subscribers added? My blog is hosted by my ISP now WP.com

    Thanks,

    make that “not” WP.com

    I came to this post to see how others are doing allowing registrations to their blogs.

    First, the general settings are under your control, uncheck “anyone can register” and they wont be able to. If you do want them to register and subscribe, check that box and choose “subscriber” in the drop down menu, that can allow people that want to subscribe to your blog to do so. I think they would do that to get links back to their site when they comment, you will moderate the comment and approve or delete it anyway.

    Set the check box to “anyone can register” and the drop down to: author, and now you allow people to join your blogging community, that is what I am doing, this can be beneficial, Mike Liebner from Article Underground, literally has thousands posting to his blogs as authors it helps his blog show up on page one of search for many different keywords with their articles, if your blog gets popular well then, like Mike says “words equal money”

    If you are blogging private then just uncheck that box and get the security plugin.

    Still wondering how anyone else is doing allowing user author registrations, guess I can keep looking aroung.

    Jon

    I have (as ‘maggiesboy’ mentions) ‘anyone can register’ UNCHECKED and someone is still able to register (stev.e.nlee233 at gmail)
    This email has registered several times but with a role of ‘none’

    How is this happening when all legitimate users have to be created by admin?

    I’ve checked and there are no other admin roles other than me.

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