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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by alex1138 on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:28PM (#47756059)
Why is this comment instantly grey (downvoted)? What is wrong with HN and the people who accrue enough karma (you need 500 to downvote) who go around doing this?
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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by egeozcan on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:34PM (#47756141)
I'm sorry but does this have anything to do with npm? I just skimmed the article so maybe I missed it. So wordpress doesn't use npm, it doesn't even use composer, therefore this comment feels a bit disconnected. Maybe that's why?
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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by urbandw311er on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:34PM (#47756138)
I didn’t downvote it but it doesn’t seem particularly new or insightful. The points are quite shallow. Perhaps people come here for comments that offer an expert opinion or a bit more. As I say I didn’t downvote.
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Re:Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoo... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 13, 2026 @02:37PM (#47756170)
The entire comment is complaining about being downvoted. That’s not just going be downvoted, but also flagged due for violating HN’s guidelines.
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