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databreaches.net Either Suffered a Security Breach or is Experimenting Irresponsibly

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 08, 2024

It is a site we link to every day.

Domain takeover seems unlikely:

databreaches.net DNS

Now it returns 403s, but we made copies and took a screenshot:

databreaches.net emptied

So what is going on? We'll soon find out for sure. Is WordPress being reinstalled?

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