No impact incident
Fasthosts: WordPress security update 7.1.4: your websites are protected
Oct 28, 2026, 20:10 UTC
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no update since October 28, 2026
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duration
Affected: Webhosting, Dedicated Servers, WordPress Hosting, Classic Dedicated Servers, Cloud VPS, Cloud Servers, VPS Edition 2, VPS Edition 1
Current status of Fasthosts: Operational — live Fasthosts status
Timeline
- Oct 28, 2026, 20:10 UTCmonitoringThe WordPress project has released WordPress 7.1.4 to fix several vulnerabilities in WordPress core. All websites hosted with IONOS have been protected against known exploit attempts by our security systems (WAF and Webshield) from minute one. Hosting for WordPress (managed): On Top we are updating WordPress automatically to be entirely safe. No action is needed. Self-managed WordPress (Webhosting, VPS, Cloud, Dedicated Server): Please make sure you update to WordPress 7.1.4. Instructions: https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/guides#/articles/wordpress-security-update-714-what-you-need-to-know----8283c6f0-6d66-4552-9b66-7377508bc829
Updates as published by Fasthosts (original).
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This was part of a wider event: 119 services reported incidents within the hour.
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- Tidio 20:08 UTC · Webhook events not being delivered
- Vimeo 19:57 UTC · Delays processing new video uploads
- MoonPay 19:50 UTC · On/Off ramp delivery of some crypto assets is delayed
- SparkPost 19:37 UTC · Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only)
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