{"id":57521,"date":"2024-10-28T06:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wordpress-forces-user-conf-organizers-to-share-social-media-credentials-arousing-suspicions\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T06:47:42","slug":"wordpress-forces-user-conf-organizers-to-share-social-media-credentials-arousing-suspicions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/wordpress-forces-user-conf-organizers-to-share-social-media-credentials-arousing-suspicions\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks.<\/p>\n<p>The order to share creds came from an employee of Automattic, the WordPress host whose CEO happens to be Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress. A letter sent to WordCamp organizers explains that the creds are needed due to &#8220;recurrent issues with new organizing teams losing access to the event&#8217;s social media accounts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, so sensible.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>But the requirement to share creds comes in the middle of a nasty spat in the WordPress community, sparked by Mullenweg&#8217;s efforts to have rival hosting biz WP Engine license the WordPress trademark or devote more staff to working on the open source content management system&#8217;s code. Mullenweg argues that private-equity-controlled WP Engine is not acting the in spirit of open source by profiting from WordPress. WP Engine contends that it does plenty for the community.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One source of support for WP Engine was WordCamp Sydney, which recently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/10\/15\/wordpress_bans_wpengine_from_events\/\" rel=\"noopener\">used its X account<\/a> to argue that the hosting biz sponsoring its events was a valuable contribution to the WordPress community. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about contributing dev back to core,&#8221; event organizers argued.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d link to the Xeet in which WordCamp Sydney made that observation, but another Automattic employee wrote to the event&#8217;s organizers with a request to take it down \u2013 on grounds that it did not &#8220;align with the Community Team&#8217;s view.&#8221; The Community Team includes Automattic staffers who help with WordCamps.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When posting from an official WordCamp account, your team is representing both the event and the Community Team,&#8221; the letter asserts.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with Sydney WordCamp&#8217;s operations told <i>The Register<\/i> that volunteers saw the takedown request as a personal threat \u2013 as non-compliance with the request would have led to them being forced from the event&#8217;s organizing team.<\/p>\n<p>The letter ordering sharing of social media creds, and the takedown request sent to WordCamp Sydney, were both <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kellie\/status\/1850384027548827966\">shared<\/a> by Kellie Peterson, former head of domains at Automattic.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Register<\/i> has verified that the material she posted was sent to WordCamp organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson described the letters as &#8220;just the latest attempt by [Matt] Mullenweg to control anything said about WordPress or himself across the internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_software\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Zx83Ci-jTrItZJGSOCPRewAAABU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>A person with knowledge of Sydney WordCamp&#8217;s response to the letters requiring sharing of social media logon details is felt to regard them as &#8220;suspicious&#8221; 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Our sources tell us that many WordCamps have used the same social handles for years, and Automattic has never before considered the matter important.<\/p>\n<p>But Peterson told <i>The Register<\/i> she is aware of a &#8220;history of Automattic taking actions regarding organizers similar to this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At each turn it fractures the community in various ways. Whether that is being removed from an organizing role for refusing to comply with an arbitrary rule change, controlling the focus\/content of a WordCamp, mandating the geographic naming of WordCamps, or refusing to list events on the WordCamp site. The negative outcomes and loss of community member engagement have clearly resulted in stagnation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Sydney, meanwhile, has experienced lower-than-hoped-for ticket sales, leaving organizers frustrated that their volunteer efforts to create an event have been damaged by a situation they did not create and cannot control. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/10\/28\/wordcamp_password_sharing_requirement\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks.\u2026 READ MORE 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