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Warning: lemmy.world just got hacked (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would be cautious about viewing any Lemmy.world communities right now, and the Beehaw admins should make sure their credentials are locked down in case they get targeted next.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No user data like credentials gets transfered. Everything between instances is done with bot like helpers that do the data transfers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's the problem, they don't. If you have them stored anywhere on the device you view the communities with, your credentials are not safe.

Edit: this was for someone else.

Anything can be transferred without your knowledge. Do not access hacked servers while expecting privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That would require your device to get hacked, not just the server.

As for privacy... there is really little of that on Lemmy or the fediverse as a whole.