Stolen UpdraftCentral keys used to backdoor WordPress sites
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Stolen UpdraftCentral keys used to backdoor WordPress sites

Original report by Bill Toulas

Summarized by News Era from reporting by bleepingcomputer.com. How we work

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What Happened?

A threat actor breached TeamUpdraft's website, a developer of popular WordPress backup and security plugins, potentially compromising UpdraftCentral connection keys that can send commands to connected websites.

Key Takeaways

  • 1A threat actor breached TeamUpdraft's website.
  • 2This breach may have compromised UpdraftCentral connection keys.
  • 3These keys can send commands to connected WordPress sites.

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