*On 8 May 2018, account hijacking activities were discovered on Wikiviajes
- Spanish Wikivoyage (
es.wikivoyage.org <http://es.wikivoyage.org>). It was
identified by community stewards and communicated to the Trust and Safety,
Legal, and Security teams who responded to the event. At this time the
event is still under investigation and we are unable to share more about
what is being done without risking additional hijacking of accounts.
However, we feel it is important to share what details we can and inform
the community of what happened. Similar to past security incidents, we
continue to encourage everyone to take some routine steps to maintain a
secure computer and account - including regularly changing your passwords,
actively running antivirus software on your systems, and keeping your
system software up to date. The Wikimedia Foundation's Security team and
others are investigating this incident as well as potential improvements to
prevent future incidents. We are also working with our colleagues in other
departments to develop plans for how to best share future status updates on
each of these incidents. However, we are currently focused on resolving the
issues identified. If you have any questions, please contact the Trust and
Safety team (ca{{(a)}}wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.org>). John
BennettDirector of Security, Wikimedia Foundation*