Hi Beeple!

Here’s a vague version of events :

  • 11PM EST: Lemmy.world got hacked

  • 12:20AM EST: Blahaj.zone got hacked

  • 12:25AM EST: I shut down the server

  • 12:30AM EST: I make announcements to tell people about this

  • 12:45AM EST: I have an idea of what the problem is but there is no fix

  • 2:20AM EST: I go to sleep

  • 8:50AM EST: The server is booted back up, steps are applied to mitigate issues (Rotating JWTs, Clearing DB of the source of vulnerability, deleting custom emoji), UI is updated with the fix, CSP and other security options are applied

  • 11:40AM EST: We start testing things to make sure are working And well, now here we are.

If you have issues logging in or using an app:

  1. Log out if you somehow are still logged in

  2. Clear all cache, site data, etc.

  3. Hard refresh Beehaw using CTRL+F5

  4. Log back in.

If you still have issues, write to us at [email protected]

To be clear : We have not been hacked as far as we know, we were completely unaffected. This was done preemptively.

Oh yeah, in case, you haven’t, this is a good opportunity and reminder to follow us on Mastodon as the communication line was still up despite Beehaw being down : https://hachyderm.io/@beehaw

  • jarfil@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There is an undelete feature, at least the Liftoff app has it.

    Right now, the only effective way to delete a comment, is to edit and blank it, then you can delete it (well, the content, you still get shown as the author). The bright side is that even when the comment gets mod-deleted, you can still edit it… and everyone can still read it in the JSON… wait 🤔

    someone who is bored and poking around in developer tools

    No need, just view source. In the Liftoff app there is a “nerd stuff” option where you can also read the content.

    Anyway, once a comment gets federated, it’s out of the original user’s control, can really take it back.