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LOL! Yep, that can happen. Remember, ALWAYS upgrade your software to the latest stable version. I forgot to upgrade my ecommerce site and it got hacked a couple weeks ago. Go ahead and feel free to use WP. Just remember to upgrade it because hackers find vulnerabilities in old versions. You can also use Joomla or drupal.org/