Turmoil at the freenode IRC network

Posted May 26, 2021 23:59 UTC (Wed) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network by idra
Parent article: 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.

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.