Tag: JavaScript worm
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The Silent Script: How a “Slumbering” Worm Paralyzed Wikimedia and Defaced Meta-Wiki
The Wikimedia Foundation endured a profoundly distressing day. A self-propagating JavaScript worm was triggered across Wikimedia projects, commencing the defacement of Meta-Wiki pages and the subversion of user scripts. Consequently, engineers were compelled to temporarily suspend editorial privileges, orchestrate the rollback of malignant alterations, and urgently expunge the infected architecture. The inaugural distress signals materialized…