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

Why am I signed out every time I open this? Why can I hardly post anything anywhere? It's like a dice roll.

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[-] Rockfury@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Attack? I am outta the loop. What happened?

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://lemmy.world/post/1290412

Summary: Attacker found a way to inject JavaScript into the sidebar, letting them steal auth tokens ("JWTs"), including from an admin account. They then used the stolen admin access to vandalize the site. At one point, the attacker used the stolen admin account to falsely announce that the attack had been remediated. Later that day, the attack actually was remediated by the site owner (Ruud) and the vulnerability was patched in the Lemmy code.

[-] Rockfury@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Appreciate the info.

this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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