How One WordPress Site Got Hacked to Spread 14,000 Gambling Ads

This is how a Reddit user discovered their WordPress website was hacked and used to spread spam ads on more than 14,000 URLs. A wild story.

Here's what we can learn from it to make our WordPress sites more secure.

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Main thread → https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1ojfh61/how_i_discovered_my_website_was_hacked_and_used/

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