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PSA: Lemmy.world has been compromised! (Edit: Multiple Instances are down) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

lemmy.blahaj.zone got hacked too, looks like the same people

https://lemmywinks.xyz/post/320087

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

They also changed the allowed/blocked instances to allow threads.net and defederate lemmy.ml, just like they did on lemmy.world: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/instances

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh... so this probably is more sophisticated than a single acct breach then. Lovely.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'd recommend any server admin that doesn't have 2FA turn it on ASAP until we know what their exploiting

[–] bdonvr 11 points 1 year ago

Looks like the accounts were compromised by stealing their cookie - something 2FA can't stop.

Still should have it on, though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

blahaj admins are aware and have the site down with a splash screen now

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yup they must of just put that up after I posted and @ the admins