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.

  • Aer@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    It is concerning as I have received a message from a compromised admin 1 hour ago telling me that an app developer wanted me to help them with mod tools.

    Hard to know if this is genuine or not, but given what has happened I am going with an attempt at breaching my account.

    • hawkwind@lemmy.managementEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      That, is actually kind of fascinating and may be important info for someone doing a follow-up investigation. If that was the bad actor phishing for moderation access, why would they need that, when they already had an admin account? If it was legit, then it’s super sus. whoever this app developer was needs to have a little light shone on them.

      • Aer@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        31·
        2 years ago

        Could be where the DM from the admin was legitimate but got compromised following contact by this app developer.

        It is also possible nothing of the sort happened. The timing was just extremely alarming