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Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,893   +53

    Automattic, the folks behind WordPress, suffered another blow to its security this week after a hacker gained access to servers containing sensitive company and user data. In a blog post yesterday, President Matt Mullenweg described the breach as a "low-level (root) break-in)" that would have given the attacker access to "potentially anything" on several of Automattic's servers.

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    Matthew, Apr 14, 2011
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  2. Vicenarian TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 100   +9

    Why can't the people that control the internet, implement something like this:

    An uber-smart "switch" that detects DDoS attacks against websites via traffic/protocol analysis, and automatically cuts off the attackers simply by closing their connections.

    How hard would that be? Honestly...
    Vicenarian, Apr 14, 2011
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  3. R3DP3NGUIN TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 148

    there is already sufficient hardware and software solutions, I dont think many companies will upgrade to the latest and greatest of technology though, due to the cost factors and stability and reliability .etc.
    R3DP3NGUIN, Apr 14, 2011
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  4. PinothyJ TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 384   +12

    Why DDoS Wordpress, what did they do to you?


    :(...
    PinothyJ, Apr 15, 2011
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  5. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Like any market leader in their chosen area, they'll be targeted.

    Either that or Sony must have been running a Wordpress blog somewhere.... :haha:
    Leeky, Apr 15, 2011
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  6. Norbur TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 157

    Really sad to see this - somebody's blog must have started a riot in China, perhaps one about time travel? ;)
    Norbur, Apr 15, 2011
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  7. Per Hansson TS Server Guru Posts: 1,796   +66

    vicenarian; DDoS is not easy to control at the hardware layer.
    What a DDoS is is just millions of hosts asking for a specific webpage at the same time.

    To an untrained system admin it will just look like the "Slashdot Effect"
    That is when a smaller site gets linked from a much larger site and succumbs due to the sudden increase in traffic from said site (Been there, got the T-Shirt and all :D)

    And infact a well done DDoS attack will be impossible to filter, if the users (probably part of a botnet, or not in the case of the software LOIC willing participants) do a good job their traffic will indeed be just like the normal HTTP traffic your servers serves daily...
    Per Hansson, Apr 15, 2011
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