Wtf? What even is happening?
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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It appears that the deface attack is back in full swing (racial slurs and all the redirects)
Just clicked into Lenny.world and saw “site has been seized by Reddit for copyright infringement “
I really hope they have backups in place.
I was once doing work at a company that provided tech support and security for local businesses. There were a couple big instances of the companies being hacked with ransomware etc. On every occasion, we of course ask, "when was your last backup done?" And without fail, every one of them always responded, "backup?"
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Yikes, hope they can find and disclose whatever they used to compromise an admin account.
Hmmm. Don’t know what the fall out of this will be. But a lot of lemmy is on that server. Unfortunately. Maybe we’ll learn a lesson in the value of decentralisation.
Ruud also runs mastodon.world, FYI.
This is why it makes sense for communities to not all pile into one instance, it gives one instance admin too much power and responsibility over everything.
I don't think there will be too much fallout. Sites get hacked.
Looked like the admin u/MichelleG over there got hacked. That account posted a couple stickied posts and then all the css and links started changing on the site.
You would think an admin account would have 2fa enabled (unless the hack was due to a security issue in lemmy itself, but it doesn't seem to be the case).
From the title I was expecting it to be compromised by meta. Not actually hacked.
Oof. Oh well, at least they’re getting recognized I guess.
Ah, crap...
I decided to check it and it tells me that 'The site has been seized by Reddit for copyright infringement'.
Same, I think I’m staying up to watch the drama tonight lmao
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