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

  • bigben111@lemmy.mlEnglish
    551·
    1 year ago

    How did it happen and what does this mean for me as a user of lemmy.ml who also follows people on lemmy.world?

    • Stovetop@lemmy.mlEnglish
      661·
      1 year ago

      One of the admin accounts appears to have been compromised. The owner/other admins appear to be aware now because that account had its admin access revoked and offending posts are being removed.

      Definitely opens up a big question about the security of Lemmy instances that I am sure will be discussed over the next few days.

        • Stovetop@lemmy.mlEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          More time will definitely be needed. I’m glad they caught it and acted quickly enough to prevent more vandalism from occurring, but until we know how the account was compromised and what else they may have gotten in the process, it’s still a situation to keep an eye on.

      • eerongal@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Definitely opens up a big question about the security of Lemmy instances that I am sure will be discussed over the next few days.

        They added 2FA login to lemmy in one of the newer updates. Probably pretty pertinent for any admins to use it…

        • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          It’s buggy and missing some key checks to make sure it’s working when you set it up.

          Real risk of locking yourself out of your account.

            • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
              6·
              1 year ago

              Mostly a risk on initial setup.

              I’ve been waiting a bit for it to stabilize and just using huge random passwords

              • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
                5·
                1 year ago

                If you’re using a password manager you’d be doing this for every site and without even having to think about it. Bitwarden is a great choice.

                • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
                  5·
                  1 year ago

                  I like KeePass. Bitwarden currently has an nginx exposure in the Dockerfile published in their git repo (may have been fixed since a couple of days ago). That said, I used Bitwarden for many years and switched out of an abundance of paranoia, and am definitively not recommending against it. Just basically use one of the following:

                  • Bitwarden
                  • KeePass
                  • 1password

                  And stay far the fuck away from LastPass

                  • delollipop@beehaw.orgEnglish
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    my uni is currently still recommending lastpass as of now, tho I’ve heard they might be looking for alternatives …

                  • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    I don’t know that 1password should be on that list. The first two are free and open source. The last one is paid and proprietary.

                    Don’t put your credentials in the hand of a company that requires you to trust them to not fuck up. Everyone thought LastPass was great until they weren’t

                • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Oh I do. Used Bitwarden for many years.

                  I actually use keepass for totp codes too.

        • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Also I believe this was achieved through cookie stealing, which 2FA would not have helped

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Not a whole lot - you might see some spam being federated from lemmy.world but I’d expect the lemmy.ml and lemmy.world admins will fix it, and them clean it up.

      That’s probably good stress test to figure out how to handle that.