Automattic Temporarily Blocked Due to Suspected Phishing: A Look at Events

Automattic's WP Engine Tracker site was temporarily blocked by Cloudflare because it was suspected of phishing. This caused joy among members of the WordPress subreddit. Meanwhile, someone has created a protest site against Matt Mullenweg on the newly registered domain WPEngineTracker.com.

"The beauty of open source is that anyone can access the data at a granular level because it's all publicly available. This public data showed that since the WP Engine lawsuit was filed, when it became clear that they had no official relationship with WordPress, their service began to attract more attention due to poor service quality, changes to the core WordPress software, increases and confusing pricing structures, and repeated downtime - their customers have abandoned their platform in favor of other hosting providers. WP Engine has always been able and still can access the WordPress software and plugins available on WordPress.org just like anyone else.”

🚀 On November 9, Cloudflare blocked access to WP Engine Tracker Automattic, saying it had been reported for phishing attempts. This sparked a discussion on Reddit, where many commenters expressed their satisfaction at this development.

• 📌 Automattic's WP Engine Tracker has been temporarily blocked by Cloudflare due to suspected phishing.
• 📌 Cloudflare issues a notification about possible phishing attempts on the site.
• 📌 Shortly after the site was blocked, a discussion appeared on Reddit with the title: "Cloudflare shows phishing warning on wordpressenginetracker.com"