#the scp foundation
I am aware my general blog audience has heavy cross-over with other horror communities so this is why I am posting this here.
Within the last 24ish hours, Wikidot was hacked by hackers traced to the Russian federation. This resulted in the staff over at Wikidot to shut down servers and sites temporarily till they can figure out how these hackers got in and just how extensive the damage is. No data was lost that we know of. According to a Wikidot employee, there should be no data loss associated with this hack (at least they have not been able to find any) so don’t worry, the SCP wiki, articles, and everything contained within it is fine.
But lets clarify a few things.
Was this attack specific to the SCP wiki or its associated pages?
No, this attack was against the hosting service of Wikidot itself, not any of the communities who use the hosting site specifically. It is unclear why Wikidot was targeted but some have theorized that it was a show of strength rather than as a ploy to gain sensitive information. However, at the time of writing this is unconfirmed so do not take this as gospel.
Does the hack have anything to do with Andrey Duksin (they guy who tried to steal SCP’s copyright license to paywall the site)
No. Despite Andrey and the hackers being from the same place there is no evidence to suggest that he planned or carried out the wikidot attack. As mentioned before this attack was not just directed at the SCP wiki, it was at wikidot as a whole.
How many wikis does this affect?
Since the hosting service itself is down every site using Wikidot as a host is currently down. This includes but is not limited to: the SCP wiki, the Backrooms wiki, and other similar pages.
Is Data lost?
At this time no data loss has been identified on Wikidot servers. The hackers ‘fucked shit up’ but nothing was erased and wikidot is very good about backing up data. So dont worry SCP fans, your articles are safe.
When will the site be back up?
According to the wikidot team cleaning up the serves and ensuring their safety will take a hot minute. At least a few days. Keep in mind they are scanning every single file hosted on their service for things like malware and evidence of tampering so this will mean recovery will take a bit. But luckily they are all working on repairing the breach so hopefully that few-day turn-around time sticks.
Should I change my password?
Yes. When the site comes back online PLEASE change your password. It was hacked and its unclear what these hackers took while they were inside the site. Out of the interest of online saftey please change it.
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scp foundation thinks i mind control people to escape my enclosure but im actually just asking really really niceys
me too pal
hey wait you’re supposed to be in your enclosure
dont even worry about that
