Tag Archives: WordPress sites hijacked

February 27, 2025 | Boston, MA In a dramatic turn of events early in the morning, multiple Boston University WordPress sites experienced severe disruptions, leaving users in the dark with error messages such as “Error establishing a database connection” and “502 Bad Gateway.” This unexpected technical outage, which began at approximately 1:00 AM, sparked immediate […]

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Thousands of WordPress sites have been hijacked to distribute info-stealing malware, according to security researchers at cybersecurity company c/side. By exploiting outdated versions of WordPress sites and plug-ins, hackers have taken over and then used these vulnerable sites to […]