Discussion from here: https://lemmy.ml/post/1895271
Relevance: Infosec.pub may wish to consider defederation temporarily.
Temporary fix in place, but instances remain vulnerable. Post: https://lemmy.world/post/1290412
- UPDATE 2:58 UTC the injected code was removed from the main page, but cleanup efforts are still underway.
- UPDATE 3:11 UTC situation appears to be under control, but browse with caution.
- UPDATE 3:35 UTC main page exploited again! Website is unsafe.
- UPDATE 4:01 UTC reports coming in that other instances are getting owned. One report of comments trying to inject JavaScript into the page.
- UPDATE 4:13 UTC XSS vulnerability in page sidebar is reported relationship to the event is unknown.
- UPDATE 7:17 UTC Root cause was identified a while ago.
Yep, redirects to very strange websites. I created this shitjustworks account because my main is on .world. This is very concerning.
As of 2:45 UTC it’s still hacked, modified main page to redirect to offensive materials. Discussion claims that other admins are aware of the hack, but the website is still contaminated.
Yup still hacked.
Enjoy your stay! Maybe once world is back up and running you can use one of those tools to copy your subscriptions here as a backup.
Thanks for the warm welcome! I have a feeling I’m not going back to .world.