Malware spread through about 2,000 WordPress sites
StopAndProtect used hacked WordPress sites to spread malware and steal data. Initially, more than 500 sites and the distribution of infostealer malware through ClickFix were identified; the number of exploited sites was later put at about 2,000. The response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Malware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 2,000 WordPress sites exploited
- Cause / method
- Distribution of infostealer malware through hacked WordPress sites and ClickFix
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- It was reported that more than 500 WordPress sites had been hacked and used to spread infostealer malware through ClickFix.
- The StopAndProtect operation, which uses thousands of hacked WordPress sites, was analyzed.
- StopAndProtect was found to have used about 2,000 hacked sites to spread malware and steal data.
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