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Wikipedia account hacked

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  • 15-10-2016 12:36pm
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    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭


    I have a problem where if I click anywhere on lots of Wikipedia pages I am linked to a strange YouTube video (the whole page is a link). I don't have this problem when I log out of my account.

    Could anyone who has a Wikipedia account and is logged in please go to the Dublin Airport Wikipedia page (a page where this happens) and see if they have the same problem? This way I can know if it's just my account or not.

    Thanks a lot!


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    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,799 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    VG31 wrote: »
    I have a problem where if I click anywhere on lots of Wikipedia pages I am linked to a strange YouTube video (the whole page is a link). I don't have this problem when I log out of my account.

    Could anyone who has a Wikipedia account and is logged in please go to the Dublin Airport Wikipedia page (a page where this happens) and see if they have the same problem? This way I can know if it's just my account or not.

    Thanks a lot!
    Not sure what's going on but I have the same problem on that page. Your account is not hacked.


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    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭VG31


    FrostyJim wrote: »
    Not sure what's going on but I have the same problem on that page. Your account is not hacked.

    Thanks, it must be the site that's been hacked then.


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    bigpaudge
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭bigpaudge


    Don't visit the site unless you want some rogue code being maliciously loaded onto your machine.


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    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    Just curious ... has anybody thought to notify Wikipedia and/or Dublin Airport about this?

    I'm sure they'd like to know if there is something dodgy going on.


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    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭VG31


    ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »
    Just curious ... has anybody thought to notify Wikipedia and/or Dublin Airport about this?

    I'm sure they'd like to know if there is something dodgy going on.

    I wasn't just the Dublin Airport page. Lots of the pages I edit had this problem.

    It seems to be OK now.


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