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Wikipedia Activates Dormant Worm
Episode 204

Wikipedia Activates Dormant Worm

Bite Sized Cyber Crime

March 9, 20266m 14s

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Show Notes

Wikipedia is often used as a starting point for research, and recently it was seemingly under attack. Vandalism is common, but what is uncommon is the activation of malicious code that sat waiting on their systems for years before it was set off by an admin reviewing code.

Sources: https://pastebin.com/QRYXC05C