[ISN] Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:13:19 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215809/Hackers_gain_root_access_to_WordPress_servers

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service 
April 14, 2011 

Hackers have compromised several servers that support WordPress and may 
have obtained source code, according to the founding developer of 
Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform.

Matt Mullenweg wrote on the WordPress blog that Automattic has been 
reviewing log records to determine how much information was exposed and 
re-evaluating "avenues to gain access."

"We presume our source code was exposed and copied," Mullenweg wrote. 
"While much of our code is open source, there are sensitive bits of our 
and our partners' code. Beyond that, however, it appears information 
disclosed was limited."

Mullenweg wrote that the company had no specific advice for WordPress 
users besides using strong passwords, not using the same password for 
multiple sites.

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