WordPress hosting biz confesses to breach, urgently contacts 30,000 users

WordPress hosting outfit WP Engine has confessed to a security breach, prompting it to reset 30,000 customers' passwords. "At WP Engine we are committed to providing robust security. We are writing today to let you know that we learned of an exposure involving some of our customers’ credentials," it said in a statement …

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahem..

"we are proactively taking security measure"

No, you are reactively taking security measures.

[twilkins]

Re: Ahem..

It's proactive is there is no evidence the passwords have been compromised.

[Crazy Operations Guy]

Re: Ahem..

And now companies will turn off all their logging functions so that everything they do is proactive...

[Alister]

At WP Engine we are committed to providing robust security.

Umm, demonstrably not, I fear...

We are writing today to let you know that we learned of an exposure involving some of our customers’ credentials

See?

[td0s]

Well to be fair they did exactly what you would want them to do - not wait a week then tell people.

[wolfetone]

Own Up

Who didn't upgrade their WordPress installation?

[Crazy Operations Guy]

"Apparently the company's "best-in-class" technology is used across 120 countries."

Being the best WordPress host is like being the best piece of shit in a septic tank...

From what I've seen of WordPress systems, its 99% crap code hosting 99% crap opinions and information.

[Brewster's Angle Grinder]

Re: "Apparently the company's "best-in-class" technology is used across 120 countries."

"...it's 99% crap PHP code..."

FTFY