did fmhy was hacked like .world (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by daf@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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Wondering if fmhy was hacked like .world Asking this to know if I should change my password.

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[-] brad@toad.work 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't believe FMHY was affected. For me, the timeline went:

I found out about the hack pretty much immediately when it happened
I immediately hopped into the Lemmy dev matrix channels to get an idea of what was going on
I crossposted the news of the hack in !technology@lemmy.fmhy.ml about 20 or 30 minutes after it happened
In the dev channels, right around when I made the post, a couple of users were able to pin down the exact vulnerability and which server the user that perpetrated it originated from. A user (that I won't name) sent test instructions (that were quickly deleted and I will not share on the off chance that there are servers that don't know about the vuln and haven't patched or mitigated) that verified the vulnerability.
A pull request for the fix was submitted to github (and, from a cursory look at the PR, it closes the hole that was used for the hack solidly) while, simultaneously, a couple of other devs stated that 0.18.1 is not affected by the vulnerability (which I have not taken the time to verify since they've already PRed a patch)

For those reasons, I don't think FMHY was ever at risk because of how quickly it was updated to 0.18.1 coupled with the fact that I don't think custom emojis are a thing on here. It's very possible that I am wrong about that because I'm an idiot but I don't believe there's anything to worry about.

[-] daf@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the detail answer

[-] brad@toad.work 1 points 1 year ago

If I'm going to have an actively unhinged sleep schedule, I figure I might as well put it to good use this is fine dog on fire

[-] boots@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, there's seems to be no official word from the admins yet.

Edit: official word here!

[-] Draz@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

On the Divolt, Zinklog said he should've made a post before they pulled the plug. But the vulnerability seemed scary. Which I can't blame em for. No other official word to my knowledge though

[-] boots@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Oh yes I actually agree with that decision. Better safe than sorry.

But I was worried about the information blackout. I feared the admins got hacked and locked out of the server.

I'm not familiar with Divolt. Can you browse without being registered? If not, maybe we need a more public backup channel? Dunno, maybe on Mastodon or on another Lemmy instance?

Today I even checked the fmhy sub on Reddit but there was nothing there.

[-] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Mastodon place for announcement would probably be ideal than another lemmy instance in case a vulnerability that affects them all causes issues.

[-] boots@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Agreed, I'd also like Mastodon 🙂

[-] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I'm going to need look up the different contacts available to keep in the loop on instances I like in case something happens again. Don't want to have to go back to reddit to try and find news on their status haha

[-] boots@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Good idea, yeah. I'm a bit worried about the instance-goes-boom scenario, but I understand this basically comes with the package in the fediverse.

About Reddit, well lol the more I'm on Lemmy the less I'm inclined to go back. spez really did the magic with his BS, eh? 😂

[-] DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my most treasured subs started their own instances here with fmhy and piracy, so I've been fine without reddit. Just need to secure those alternate communication channels and I'll be able to not go back to Spez.