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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > stopandprotect-uses-nearly-2000-hacked.html

StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (823+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status of the activity. "The operation…...