Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
Posted May 27, 2021 0:23 UTC (Thu) by idra (guest, #36289)In reply to: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network by Trelane
Parent article: Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
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...
Posted May 27, 2021 1:38 UTC (Thu)
by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385)
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Yes some channels got out before the bot came, but the ones cleared by the bot left the channel closed.
Turmoil at the freenode IRC network
freenodecom enters channel, changed topic, deops original ops, then mode +i +m set, then ban list cleared, in that order, in the same second.