Hackers have compromised several servers that support WordPress and may have obtained source code, developer says. Matt Mullenweg: “We presume our source code was exposed and copied” The intrusion follows what Automattic described as its worst distributed denial-of-service attack in its history last month. The company had no specific advice for WordPress users besides using strong passwords, not using the same password for multiple sites. The intrusion comes after a similar attack last month, but it was thwarted soon after it started.”]
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