DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> websites using <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MediaWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWiki</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiki</span></a> hacked to serve <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fortnite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortnite</span></a> spam</p><p> By Ax Sharma, April 21, 2023</p><p>"Websites of multiple U.S. universities are serving Fortnite and 'gift card' spam.</p><p>"Researchers observed Wiki and documentation pages being hosted by universities including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UMassAmherst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UMassAmherst</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Northeastern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Northeastern</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Caltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caltech</span></a>, among others, were compromised.</p><p>"BleepingComputer confirmed the malicious campaign was live, and had targeted additional scholastic websites including that of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfMichigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfMichigan</span></a>.</p><p>"These websites appear to be running either TWiki or MediaWiki—the latter being a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a> platform that powers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> and multiple <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> websites.</p><p>"These wiki pages, purportedly uploaded by spammers, lure readers into visiting bogus sites that claim to be offering 'free gift card,' 'Fortnite Bucks,' and cheats, among other digital artifacts.</p><p>"Users should refrain from clicking suspicious links within the compromised Wiki pages."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HackingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackingNews</span></a> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-websites-using-mediawiki-twiki-hacked-to-serve-fortnite-spam/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/university-websites-using-mediawiki-twiki-hacked-to-serve-fortnite-spam/</span></a></p>