Garbage in beginning of wp-config.php – was this WP installation compromised?

Yes, it appears so. In my experience the best thing to do is re-upload a fresh WordPress core to ensure that all traces have been squashed.

It happens… If you aren’t already using security plugins I’d recommend Wordfence and BruteProtect to help keep brute force attacks out as well as checking your core WordPress files for changes.

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