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submitted 6 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A group linked to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement has launched a catastrophic cyberattack revealing the details of 31 million people, compromising their email addresses and screen names.

An account on X under the name SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack on The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, and implied that further attacks were planned. The Internet Archive is known for its digital library and the Wayback Machine. SN_BlackMeta has previously been linked to an attack against a Middle Eastern financial institution earlier this year, and a security firm has linked it to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement.

Encrypted passwords were also exposed and although these are relatively safe, users have been advised to change their passwords. And one expert has told Newsweek people should avoid browsing or using any files obtained from the site until it has declared an "all clear."

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[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

Downvoted for "normies" because it appears to be any person whose specialized knowledge set does not include cryptography.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Every sys/devops and programmer will know what a hash is, salt at least the sys/devops.

The general population though will be thinking of hash browns when hearing those terms and "encrypted" is absolutely close enough. So close that insisting on the difference in a non-technical context is definitely pedantic.

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Damn, hash browns sound great right about now.

And as a DevOps engineer, I’m going to be hungry every time I deal with passwords and api keys now.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Everyone's a normie in some field. "Normie" is context-dependent in all cases.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

That's my point. All news articles on technical and scientific topics are written for "normies," including likely the commenter for many disciplines. Seemed to be used derogatorily to me, but I'll concede I could have misinterpreted.

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