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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by worksonmine on Friday March 06, 2026 @05:17AM (#47273138)
Which only makes it that much more important to review everything you're running with a privileged account, right?

And if it really is as trivial as you say it should be fixed ASAP.

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Re:Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account ... by tonymet on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:10PM (#47279621)
I mean it's trivial for any attacker to discover admin tasks and know where to place malicious code for the admin tasks to execute it.
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