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Automattic Improves WordPress Security With BruteProtect Acquisition

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Sean Michael Kerner
Aug 27, 2014

The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system software is widely deployed and is also often attacked. In a bid to improve security, Automattic, the lead commercial sponsor behind WordPress, announced on Aug. 26 that it has acquired security vendor BruteProtect. Financial terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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