FYI: Display Widgets plugin 2.6.x includes malware

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Bill Christensen

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Sep 14, 2017, 12:34:21 PM9/14/17
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They've released 2.7 (a throwback to 2.5.x, pre-malware).

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/09/display-widgets-malware/

This is a bad precedent for the open source community in general, and WP
in particular.  I guess it was only a matter of time before the trust
placed in open source software begins to erode.


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