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Over 1 million WordPress sites at risk after popular plugin hacked — OptinMonster among those hit in CDN…

* Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus plugin on Awesome Motive’s marketing server enabled CDN compromise and malicious JavaScript injection * Malware targeted logged‑in WordPress admins, harvesting tokens and creating rogue accounts for full takeover * Site owners urged to check for fake admin accounts (‘developer_api1’, ‘dev_xxxxxx’), hidden backdoor plugins, and rotate

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Letter: Hightouch, an ad tech startup recently valued at $2.75B, offers to buy LiveRamp's identity business from Publicis for $800M to $1.2B in cash and stock

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