33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble
01-09-2026 14:04 via theregister.com

33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble

Softaculous and Virtualizor customers are being urged to reset credentials and inspect their servers after a 33-hour BGP hijacking incident diverted traffic and delivered malware to a handful of installations. Softaculous makes software for the web hosting industry, while its Virtualizor control panel is used by providers and administrators to deploy and manage virtual private servers. Beginning at around 20:57 UTC on August 28, an unrelated network began announcing a block of Hetzner IP address
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