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ISIS Sympathizers Hack, Deface WordPress Sites, FBI Says

Some WordPress sites for news organizations, commercial entities, religious institutions, federal, state and local governments, foreign governments and a variety of other domestic and international organizations were defaced by “individuals sympathetic to" ISIS, who exploited WordPress plug-in vulnerabilities, the FBI…

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said Tuesday in a public service announcement. The FBI said the “defacements demonstrate low-level hacking sophistication” but are “disruptive and often costly." Software patches are available for identified vulnerabilities, the FBI said.