{
  "id": 15869613,
  "title": "Attackers Abuse UpdraftCentral Keys to Plant Backdoors on WordPress Sites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/attackers-abuse-updraftcentral-keys-to-plant-backdoors-on-wordpress",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T09:01:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-abuse-updraftcentral-keys-to.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unknown threat actors breached TeamUpdraft's website and potentially gained unauthorized access to customers' connection keys for UpdraftCentral, UpdraftVault, and UpdraftClone, using them to backdoor WordPress sites. TeamUpdraft is the developer behind UpdraftPlus, a popular WordPress backup plugin with over four million active installations. The vendor also offers UpdraftCentral, a remote",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}