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PSA: WP 2.1.1 upgrade hacked; 2.1.2 available

March 2nd, 2007 by Bryan

This probably affects a *very* small part of our audience, but it’s worth passing along: WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2. Apparently, a cracker got access to a server and “tweaked” a couple of files. Full details are at the post above.

If your blog is running 2.1.1, please upgrade immediately and do a full overwrite of your old files, especially those in wp-includes. Check out your friends blogs and if any of them are running 2.1.1 drop them a note and, if you can, pitch in and help them with the upgrade.

WP is a great blog platform, and I guess that popularity proved too tempting to the jackasses who decided to pull this stunt. Glad they caught it quickly.

h/t Techmeme

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