{
  "id": 2175776,
  "title": "Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites Turned Into Criminal Infrastructure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/nearly-2-000-hacked-wordpress-sites-turned-into-criminal",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T16:33:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/376109/hacked-wordpress-sites-criminal-infrastructure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The StopAndProtect operation used compromised WordPress websites to spread malware, steal crypto wallet files, and deploy ransomware.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hacker News",
        "title": "StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/stopandprotect-uses-nearly-2-000-hacked-wordpress-sites-to-spread",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:25:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}