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Lemmy.world Site Redirects and More Removed (self.lemmyworld)

submitted 1 year ago by MichelleG to c/lemmyworld

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We know an issue occurred on the site over an hour ago with someone using my account to redirect the site, make fake posts, and change other settings. The problem has been corrected.

We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you informed.

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[–] Madbrad200 78 points 1 year ago (15 children)

how did this happen
what steps are being taken to ensure it doesn't happen again
was any personal data compromised for users?

[–] TheVampireSaga 42 points 1 year ago (11 children)

don't turn into reddit admins now, please answer this lol

[–] dezmd 46 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Give them some time to investigate maybe?

[–] klyde 4 points 1 year ago

Hope you got that energy for the rest of Lemmy instances because they're all the same

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