cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1287053

Be alert, Please do not launch a new tab of Lemmy.World. Having tabs already open with this site is fine but as soon as you do you will be bombarded with awful content with malicious intent to cause shock, disgust and distress.

In the meantime use alternative instances, other instances are not affected by this compromise. Do not open any links/posts from the user MichelleG.

Thanks for reading, please stay safe out there Lemmy users!

Update: Lemmy World is under attack again.

  • hawkwind@lemmy.managementEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    You do you. I would tell my users I have no idea what’s going on, and definitely not say “using your open tabs is probably fine.”

    • Aer@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      The attack involved a redirect that only affected pages that were freshly opened. If you had tabs that were opened before the attack no redirects happened, no malicious URLs of the sort. It showed the website as it was normal.

      That statement was in fact true. The attack only happened when you opened a new tab of Lemmy.World