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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by foltik on Thursday March 05, 2026 @06:32PM (#47268719)
Stop posting this AI-generated word salad.

This was an XSS attack. A malicious script was executed inside an admin’s already authenticated browser context, allowing said malicious script to place itself into public facing pages. Nothing to do with any browser fingerprinting nonsense you’re going on about.

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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by tadfisher on Thursday March 05, 2026 @07:53PM (#47269369)
You can report them via [email protected]

I've seen a few obvious LLM spammers get banned minutes after reporting. Dang does good work.

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