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What happened at WPP – A hacker's insight

on Jun 27, 2017 | 0 comments

By Lisa Lacy

As havoc unfolds at WPP in the wake of an alleged cyber attack, reportedly impacting agencies like GroupM, MediaCom, JWT and Y&R, The Drum talked to the hacker known as RSnake to get his perspective.

RSnake said he doesn’t think WPP was targeted directly, rather it was hit with a drive-by, in which someone inside the WPP network became infected after visiting a website and downloading something, or there was an exploit in the browser that forced execution and it spread to the main controller. From there, the rest of the company – or someone at WPP Read full story ›

Source: The Drum