Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 26, 2021 23:33 UTC (Wed) by idra (guest, #36289)
In reply to: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network by randomguy3
Parent article: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

It's the other way around, previous channel owners locked the channel before leaving for good, as a way to indicate their users that the community has moved.

The hijacking bot removes the restrictions and set things to pretend the channel is still alive and well...

Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 26, 2021 23:59 UTC (Wed) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link] (2 responses)

No, e.g. https://www.gentoo.org/news/2021/05/26/gentoo-freenode-ch...

Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 27, 2021 0:23 UTC (Thu) by idra (guest, #36289) [Link] (1 responses)

Yes, channels were hijacked, but the "invite" only part was intntional pre-hijacking, in many cases.

These instructions circulated: https://gist.github.com/nurupo/91b0ebc7f85059b57ea7108a25...

Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 27, 2021 1:38 UTC (Thu) by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385) [Link]

freenodecom enters channel, changed topic, deops original ops, then mode +i +m set, then ban list cleared, in that order, in the same second.

Yes some channels got out before the bot came, but the ones cleared by the bot left the channel closed.