The defaced page actually read "Hacked by..." then it had a name. I do think it was just for fun. Maybe a baby hacker/cracker whatever, getting his or her feet wet.
Falkencreative, am I that obvious? How did you know my user name was "Admin? I will follow your suggestions. You have been very helpful.
I have contacted someone to help me make the changes, close my back door so to speak, update to the new version etc. Frankly, I do have better things to do than decipher 12 pages of tech talk WordPress likes to put out in their codex.
VLS