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[16:04] [MOTD] - SECURITY ALERT
[16:04] [MOTD] -
[16:04] [MOTD] - Over the weekend of 13th-14th September freenode staff noticed
[16:04] [MOTD] - some compromised binaries present on a number of servers.
[16:04] [MOTD] - The servers in question have been removed from the network and
[16:04] [MOTD] - shut down. However, it's possible that network traffic -
[16:04] [MOTD] - including SSL traffic - has been sniffed and passwords
[16:04] [MOTD] - exposed.
[16:04] [MOTD] -
[16:04] [MOTD] - We therefore recommend that all users change their nickserv
[16:04] [MOTD] - password(s) to a new value which is not shared with any
[16:04] [MOTD] - other service.
[16:04] [MOTD] -
[16:04] [MOTD] - You can do this with /msg nickserv set password newpasshere
[16:04] [MOTD] -
[16:04] [MOTD] - Please note that investigation is ongoing to discover the root
[16:04] [MOTD] - cause of the attack, and until this investigation is complete
[16:04] [MOTD] - we cannot be 100% certain that all traces of the compromises
[16:04] [MOTD] - have been removed. We may have to ask you to change your
[16:04] [MOTD] - passwords again after analysis has completed.
[16:04] [MOTD] -
[16:04] [MOTD] - Further details will appear on https://blog.freenode.net/
As an aside: not posting for a while (things are busy) seems to have foxed those annoying +1 bots for the moment. The ones that +1 every post you make, seconds after submission. Alas, it won't last.
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I really want to be quick about approving real comments in the moderation queue. When I think I won't manage that, I will turn moderation off, and sweep up the mess as soon as possible.
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