They look like they're linked into CentralAuth/global accounts/SUL to me…

Thanks,
Mike

On 3 Oct 2013, at 18:06, Risker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Please note that it is especially important to change your passwords on the 
> Wikimania wikis where you have accounts.  These are non-SUL wikis and 
> changing your SUL password will not effect a change on the Wikimania 2013 and 
> 2014 wikis.  Even if you never intend to edit those wikis again, your 
> password and account could still hypothetically be compromised.
>  
> I agree with others that the risk is very, very small; nonetheless, it is not 
> non-existent.
>  
> Risker/Anne
> 
> On 3 October 2013 05:36, Orsolya Gyenes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah, I already gotten my mail... great... :(
> 
> ~Orsolya
> 
> 
> 2013/10/3 Katie Chan <[email protected]>
> FYI, especially since wikimania2013 & wikimania2014 are two of the affected 
> wikis.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Erik Moeller <[email protected]>
> Date: 3 October 2013 06:56
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Notification about Wikimedia user account security 
> issue
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> See also:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/October_2013_private_data_security_issue
> 
> On October 1, 2013, we learned about an implementation error that made
> private user information (specifically, user email addresses, password
> hashes, session tokens, and last login timestamp) for approximately
> 37,000 Wikimedia project users accessible to volunteers with access to
> the Wikimedia "LabsDB" infrastructure.
> 
> LabsDB, launched in May 2013, is designed to give volunteers the
> ability to write tools and generate reports that make use of data from
> our databases in real-time. This supports bottom-up innovation by the
> Wikimedia community. As part of this process, private data is
> automatically redacted before volunteers are given access to the data.
> Unfortunately, for some of Wikimedia’s wikis[1], the database triggers
> used to redact private data failed to take effect due to a schema
> incompatibility, and LabsDB users had access to private user data for
> some user accounts in these specific wiki databases. As of October 1,
> 228 users have access to LabsDB, and the window of availability of
> this data was May 29, 2013 to October 1, 2013.
> 
> This issue was discovered and reported by a trusted volunteer, and
> access to the data in question was revoked within 15 minutes of the
> report. We have no evidence to suggest that the private data in
> question was exported in bulk or used for malicious purposes, but we
> cannot definitively exclude the possibility. As a precautionary
> measure, we have invalidated all affected user sessions, and are
> requiring affected users to change their password on their next login.
> 
> We have also sent an email notification to affected users with a
> confirmed email address.
> 
> We regret this mistake. LabsDB is still a new part of our
> infrastructure, and we will fully audit the redaction process, so as
> to minimize any risk of a future mistake of this nature.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Erik Moeller
> Vice President of Engineering & Product Development
> 
> Contact information
> 
> Should you have any questions, please contact us via email to:
> 
> [email protected]
> 
> You can also reach the Wikimedia Foundation at:
> 
> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> 149 New Montgomery Street
> Floor 6
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> United States
> Phone: +1-415-839-6885
> Fax: +1-415-882-0495
> 
> [1] List of affected databases: aswikisource bewikisource dewikivoyage
> elwikivoyage enwikivoyage eswikivoyage frwikivoyage guwikisource
> hewikivoyage itwikivoyage kowikiversity lezwiki loginwiki minwiki
> nlwikivoyage plwikivoyage ptwikivoyage rowikivoyage ruwikivoyage
> sawikiquote slwikiversity svwikivoyage testwikidatawiki tyvwiki
> ukwikivoyage vecwiktionary votewiki wikidatawiki wikimania2013wiki
> wikimania2014wiki
> 
> 
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