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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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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.ca 95 points 1 year ago (26 children)

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 50 points 1 year ago (16 children)

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 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] codus@leby.dev 5 points 1 year ago

If there is a vulnerability in the software, it’s entirely possible for a single attack to take everyone down. All the instances are known and easily discovered.

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