• bigben111@lemmy.mlEnglish
    601·
    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
      751·
      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
        17·
        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
          10·
          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
              5·
              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
                4·
                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.

                • 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
      241·
      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.