Hi,
The Referata problems were due to a security leak that has now been
identified and fixed. (It was not in MediaWiki itself, but rather in the
Site Settings extension - which I believe is only used on Referata,
fortunately.) There are still some problems, like wikis missing their
logos, but in
Hello,
Referata is still down/hacked/locked/not working.
I've looked into the issue more, and it appears that my initial conclusion that
the hacker was a globally locked and enwiki-banned WMF user was incorrect. The
hacker in question exposed the personal information of said banned user, and I
Hi Yaron,
It appears that the latest hack has quoted something from the Referata Meta
frequently asked questions regarding security (or lack thereof) as their
"justification" for hacking, so that may be something that needs to be cleaned
up.
Also, I do know who the current hacker is. At least
Hi Amanda,
Sorry about that. Yes, Referata is currently hacked, and has been hacked
repeatedly by someone in the last few days. No, Referata is not going away.
I had hoped this problem could have been fixed I already, but I'm hoping to
get it fixed soon, and to get rid of whatever security
Well, now someone attempted to maliciously unsubscribe me from the mailing
list, and the IP address who performed the action matches that of the IP
address displayed in the lower right hand corner of the "Hacked by" screen when
attempting to access Referata. (Never noticed that until now).
The
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know what happened to the Referata MediaWiki hosting service
(http://referata.com) - it seems to have died or something, as no site hosted
under Referata's domain name, nor the main "meta" website itself is accessible.
CC'ing Yaron Koren who I believe is the lead
