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Popular WordPress plugin hacked by angry former employee - sunjester - 01-21-2019

Quote:A very popular WordPress plugin was hacked over the weekend after a hacker defaced its website and sent a mass message to all its customers revealing the existence of supposed unpatched security holes. In a follow-up mass email, the plugin's developers blamed the hack on a former employee, who also defaced their website.

https://wpml.org/2019/01/wpml-org-site-back-to-normal-after-an-attack-during-the-weekend/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-employee-hacks-wpml-wordpress-plugin-site-and-spams-users/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-wordpress-plugin-hacked-by-angry-former-employee/
https://wptavern.com/wpml-website-hacked-customer-emails-compromised