RuudJul 10, 2023

Lemmy.world (and some others) were hacked

https://lemmy.world/post/1290412

Lemmy.world (and some others) were hacked - LemmyWorld

While I was asleep, apparently the site was hacked. Luckily, (big) part of the lemmy.world team is in US, and some early birds in EU also helped mitigate this. As I am told, this was the issue: - There is an vulnerability which was exploited - Several people had their JWT cookies leaked, including at least one admin - Attackers started changing site settings and posting fake announcements etc Our mitigations: - We removed the vulnerability - Deleted all comments and private messages that contained the exploit - Rotated JWT secret which invalidated all existing cookies The vulnerability will be fixed by the Lemmy devs. Details of the vulnerability are here [https://lemmy.world/post/1293336] Many thanks for all that helped, and sorry for any inconvenience caused! Update While we believe the admins accounts were what they were after, it could be that other users accounts were compromised. Your cookie could have been ‘stolen’ and the hacker could have had access to your account, creating posts and comments under your name, and accessing/changing your settings (which shows your e-mail). For this, you would have had to be using lemmy.world at that time, and load a page that had the vulnerability in it.

Show threadThisIsMyLemmyLoginJul 10, 2023
I wish hackers would invest their time in clearing credit card debt, deleting hospital fees, or something else that actually serves the public good, instead of hacking ordinary people just trying to get by.
Show threadvacuumflowerJul 10, 2023

clearing credit card debt, deleting hospital fees, or something else that actually serves the public good,

Inflation does very clearly not serve the public good. That aside, causing havoc in banks and medical institutions would have other unpleasant effects.

Show threadjarfilJul 10, 2023
How about cleaning the bottom 10%'s debt, with the earings from one week of the top 0.1%?
Show threadDreadTowelJul 10, 2023
I already know I’m gonna be downvoted for this, but the top 1%/0.1% spending isn’t gonna change, whereas the bottom 10% will cause inflation… That’s why there’s no magic bullet.
Show threadjarfil

The bottom 10% don’t have enough money to “cause” inflation, not even the bottom 90% have that much money. Inflation is driven by the top 5-10%, representing 70% of the wealth; the rest just get taken for the ride.

You’re right the top 1%'s spending won’t change, it’s already 1000x above a person’s basic needs, so what’s the difference between 1000x and 900x (10% inflation).

Jul 11, 2023 at 10:52pmWeb
Show threadDreadTowelJul 12, 2023

Exactly, the bottom 10% don’t have enough money, meaning that any money you give them will go towards consumption. The top bracket’s spending as % of income or wealth is tiny and is mostly independent of their income. Their money is spent on investments, not basic goods and services. They practically don’t affect inflation.

I think money should be printed during periods of low inflation. E.g. Japan could have benefited from that. After this bout is over, governments can return to printing, carefully.