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Wiki got spammed

Attached you'll find what I was greeted with earlier today when I checked the Firmware-updating wiki page.

It seems like the template Ambox was modified, which obviously explains the boxes, but I'm not sure about the "Flashing the eMMC in the N900" part, as that page wasn't modified...

Please take actions.

PS: I would gladly have reported this issue by regular channels, but I have no idea of what they actually are.

[Edit] The "Flashing..." part was actually a box, as can be seen here.

Re: Wiki got spammed

Thank you.
I have repaired the issue.

Re: Wiki got spammed

Good.

Did you hang the culprit ?
A public execution would be in order.

Re: Wiki got spammed

When I try to go to the wiki I get:
Couldn't authenticate against garage. (DB problem)

Re: Wiki got spammed

Quote:

Originally Posted by British (Post 1439006)

Good.

Did you hang the culprit ?
A public execution would be in order.

I'd also be interested to know if this was an "inside job" (a maemo.org user) or an external attack.

Both cases would need (immediate) action.

Re: Wiki got spammed

Why anyone would do that to our poor wiki ? :(

Re: Wiki got spammed

Quote:

Originally Posted by nokiabot (Post 1439016)

Why anyone would do that to our poor wiki ? :(

You obviously only say that because you don't reckon how important UTW Garnicia Cambogia is !

Re: Wiki got spammed

Hmm...I think you are on to something there British...

Perhaps someone figured the wiki needed to shed a few pounds and lose weight. :D

Unlikely tho that it was an inside job...

The average maemoite wouldn't sink so low...
and the wickedest-evil-genius would have done worse...
flooding us with Bieber-crap..
or (shudder) Kardashianspam...
or ...(horror) Honey Boo-Boo poo....

Re: Wiki got spammed

A quick whois at least gave the country of attacker:

Quote:

inetnum: 91.207.4.0 - 91.207.9.255
inetname: SteepHost-DC-UA
descr: PP Andrey Kiselev
remarks: SteepHost.COM Datacentre Allocation
remarks: +380-63-618-45-00
remarks: Please send all spam/scam/fraud abuse to abuse@steephost.com
country: UA
org: ORG-SH7-RIPE
admin-c: SH3855-RIPE
tech-c: SH3855-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
mnt-by: SH3855-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-END-MNT
mnt-routes: SH3855-MNT
mnt-domains: SH3855-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-SH7-RIPE
org-name: PP Andrey Kiselev
descr: PP Andrey Kiselev
org-type: OTHER
address: Kvartalniy str. 6/13, 37
address: 62418, Pesochin, Kharkivska, Ukraine
phone: +380-63-618-45-00
abuse-c: AR19187-RIPE
abuse-mailbox: abuse@steephost.com
mnt-ref: SH3855-MNT
mnt-by: SH3855-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

role: SteepHost DC-UA
address: Mironosickaya str., 76-b
address: 61023, Kharkiv, Ukraine
remarks: Routing and Peering requests............: noc@steephost.com
phone: +380-63-618-45-00
abuse-mailbox: abuse@steephost.com
admin-c: AK5709-RIPE
tech-c: AK5709-RIPE
nic-hdl: SH3855-RIPE
mnt-by: SH3855-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '91.207.5.0/24AS47142'

route: 91.207.5.0/24
descr: SteepHost DC-UA
descr: SteepHost.COM Datacentre Allocation
descr: +380-63-618-45-00
descr: Please send all spam/scam/fraud abuse to abuse@steephost.com
origin: AS47142
mnt-by: SH3855-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

Re: Wiki got spammed

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterleinchen (Post 1439031)

A quick whois at least gave the country of attacker:
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...or his proxy ;)