[MOD NOTE] r/xxfitness was hacked, and is temporarily private

[andersenkc]

Hey All,

This morning, someone hacked one of the mod accounts and temporarily changed all of the subreddit themes to one of a more political nature. This has also occurred in other subreddits, through mod accounts, so it seems to be a coordinated attack across the platform. I've locked the subreddit temporarily so that we can fix the themes, reinstate a mod who was removed during the attack, and make sure everything is back to normal.

Sorry for the confusion!

- @andersenkc

 

[mchary]

@andersenkc Nazis are bad

 

[pspalin]

@mchary Remember back in the early 2010s when we didn't even have to say that? Good times!

 

[trinity4evr23]

@andersenkc Ugh, the same happened to r/rupaulsdragrace, such bullshit

 

[dagassman76]

@andersenkc Why would someone want to hack a subreddit, especially a fitness related one?

 

[yvette829]

@dagassman76 Did you see the list of subreddits affected? They were all over the place in terms of size and content. I’m sure they just took whatever they could get, which happened to be a lot. Whatever the motive, it was about affecting as many users as possible

 

[lovefirst]

@andersenkc Well shit.

 

[syriacjohn]

@andersenkc I wonder if they really believed someone would go “oh hey look, Trump stuff! I should vote for him.” But then I guess that’s how he got elected the first time, so I guess I can see the logic.

 

[chandrika]

@syriacjohn I think it's less about convincing people and more about invading spaces with the image/idea as if to say, "get used to it, there's nothing you can do" or something.

 

[ilikemango]

@chandrika Yes, this. Power move.

 

[syriacjohn]

@chandrika Good point. That would certainly be consistent with their policy.

 

[chikitado]

@andersenkc Was kinda scared to lose this subreddit

 

[dawn16]

@andersenkc What is wrong with people?

 

[ronit]

@andersenkc To the mods: you are awesome and thank you for all of the hard work you put in. This Trump hack situation felt like bizzaro world. But this sub is such a labour of love thanks to you guys.

 

[howardeagle]

@andersenkc ...so I wasn't crazy. Even the "comments" tab is still bright blue and red like the bumpersticker

 

[osvaldo]

@howardeagle Yup -- I'm still seeing the upvotes/downvotes the colors of... that.

 

[dawn16]

@osvaldo yeah i have that too even though everything else is normal???

 

[rustedspurs4]

@dawn16 Colors are fixed now on the up/down buttons!

 

[dawn16]

@rustedspurs4 thank you!!

 

[rustedspurs4]

@howardeagle Trying to fix that now on old Reddit! I think I got it!