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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by G59@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

FYI!!! In case you start getting re-directed to porn sites.

Maybe the admin got hacked?


edit: lemmy.blahaj.zone has also been hacked. beehaw.org is also down, possibly intentionally by their admins until the issue is fixed.

Post discussing the point of vulnerability: https://lemmy.ml/post/1896249

Github Issue created here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1895

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[-] Candelestine@lemmy.ca 88 points 1 year ago

Yea, I switched to this alt. It appears to be one of the assistant admins accts. Seems like an old fashioned anon prank, to me, they're mainly just trying to make stuff offensive and redirect people to lemonparty.

So, y'know, old school.

I don't know if any data is actually in danger, but I doubt it. I don't see why assistant admins would need access to it.

[-] hawkwind@lemmy.management 46 points 1 year ago

All the bean memes are in danger! On a serious note, old-skool or not, it's a huge loss of trust in something the community-at-large is excited to see replace reddit.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 1 year ago

On the other hand, look at where we are. This is proof that one hack can't take down Lemmy.

[-] hawkwind@lemmy.management 10 points 1 year ago

True that. If you look at posts on lemmy.world though, it's clear their users (which is like 50% of Lemmy) have zero clue they're defederated ATM, and probably many that don't know it's compromised.

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Federation and decentralization are not Web 2.0 concepts. Just like people who first learned what a tweet and a follow were and all the other concepts of those social media platforms, they'll learn the new paradigm. Or they won't and we'll stick to 2.0 platforms.

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