*Cough* WP:BEANS *Cough* ;-)
On 5/7/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
[also sent to wikipedia-l]
For those who haven't yet heard, someone has been hitting en.wikipedia with what appears to be an attack looking for admins with weak passwords - "password", "password1", "[username]", etc. Then they go on a predictable spree; deleting the main page, mostly. I think we're down four so far...
It's possible someone might try this in the near future on other wikis
- a lot of vandals tend to only go for en, but you never know, this
one might be feeling multicultural!
This might be a good time to spread the word and ask your admins to consider checking their passwords are good and secure - after all, it's good practice anyway.
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
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