I bet hackers are trying to make WND unreadable.
WND does a good job of that themselves. When you subcontract for ads on your webpages you turn over control of the site for the user to a third party company.
I refuse to go to these websites. As I said above, I want them to make money, but having good content and a few sponsors is a better business model than having dozens of clickbait headlines that do not match the story with a blitz of invasive ads and pop-ups on a webpage.
Sigh.