Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring
THE SO WHAT
Your marketing CMS is now part of someone else’s command-and-control risk surface. If you’re running WordPress or similar, treat it like production infra this week—patch, lock down plugins, and monitor outbound traffic, not just inbound threats.
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