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From the article:

"Following recent fallout from the subreddit blackouts, and the controversial comments from CEO Steve Huffman, Reddit has been having a tough time in the eyes of its users who have been reportedly leaving the platform and setting up alternatives on the fediverse (such as Lemmy or kbin), used by the Twitter alternative Mastodon."

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[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Sophisticated and highly targeted attack”, ie some dumbo click an official looking email and provided their credentials to a spoofed webpage.

[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I hope it was Huffman.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Every. Time.

The code itself might be highly complex and sophisticated, but it almost always takes a malicious link to get it into the system where it can do its work.

[–] Viper_NZ@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

While I don't condone the hackers behaviour, I will enjoy some delicious schadenfreude.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess it’s time to change my password again.

[–] kool_newt@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago
[–] intrnt@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago