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Old 02-11-2014, 12:33 AM   #1
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LXer: Brute Force Attacks on WordPress Sites Underway


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At about 1 p.m. this afternoon the security company behind the WordFence plugin for WordPress issued a security advisory via email informing users of their plugin that WordPress sites are currently under a brute force attack.

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