PSA: Lemmy.world has been compromised! (Edit: Multiple Instances are down)

posted 1 year ago

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

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17 points

1 year ago

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

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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.

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