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OptinMonster CDN Supply-Chain Attack Hits 1.2M WordPress

A CDN supply-chain attack on Awesome Motive's infrastructure tampered with JavaScript files served by OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage — creating rogue admin accounts and installing a self-hiding backdoor on affected sites. Wordfence's free tier is reported not to have flagged the intrusion.

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