{
  "id": 5228369,
  "title": "Security Incident – BGP Hijacking – Virtualizor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/security-incident-bgp-hijacking-virtualizor",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T02:07:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://www.virtualizor.com/blog/security-incident-bgp-hijacking/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Between 28 August 2026 and 30 August 2026, a block of IP addresses used by Softaculous services on Hetzner's infrastructure was affected by a BGP hijack. An unauthorized network announced the address space 162.55.80.0/24, diverting traffic to an attacker's server. The attacker obtained a valid TLS certificate for Softaculous domains, so affected connections showed no certificate warning. The hijack impacted our software update endpoint and client area/billing site. A malicious Virtualizor update package reached a few servers that checked for updates during the disruption. Routing has been restored, and we are still investigating other products.",
  "summary": null,
  "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."
}