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Montana Websites the Target of Recent Attacks

February 16, 2016 /

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Tony suggested I repost this article due to a number of Missoula website hacks currently underway.

Website security is in the news again, and this time it seems to be affecting a lot of Montana website owners. We have identified a handful of Montana websites hacked this past week but there are likely dozens more that have been hacked already, and a large number that are still susceptible to the hack.

The recent security issue is with a plugin called WordPress SEO by Yoast, a very common plugin used by more than 14 million websites. The exploit uses an SQL injection attack to gain access to the website database where it can add, change or delete information. Website owners should consider this a critical security issue and update right away.

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