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• Ensuring your safety

  Posted on April 5, 2022 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 19.14.1 • 2022-04-05

  

  By Susan Bradley

  MailChimp was compromised by attackers. Here’s what you should know.

  This is breaking news.

  An article at BleepingComputer on Monday, April 4, 2022, revealed the news that the MailChimp email and marketing service had been breached. The report has also been picked up by many different online services and will probably hit the bigger publishers by tomorrow. The attack focused on MailChimp’s internal tools, which allowed the bad guys to steal audience data and launch phishing attacks.

  Read the full Plus Alert (19.14.1, 2022-04-05).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, Security AskWoody Alert, MailChimp, Patch Lady Posts, Security

• Do you know a MailChimp/Woocommerce expert?

  Posted on August 4, 2019 at 07:40 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  We’re starting the next round of expansion here at AskWoody by beefing up the Plus Newsletter subscription plumbing, and launching a new product. At the same time, we’re fixing a lot of loose ends here on the site. Swallowing a whale has its consequences.

  If you know someone with MailChimp experience (we use MailChimp for the Plus Newsletter) and particularly the interface between WordPress’s Woocommerce package (which we use for subscriptions) and MailChimp, I’d sure like to talk to them. Have them email me (Woody@AskWoody.com) with a pointer to their best MailChimp/Woocommerce work.

  Juggling three databases (WordPress/bbPress, Woocommerce and MailChimp) is a, uh, daunting experience.

  Other MailChimp, Woocommerce