Wikipedia Activates Dormant Worm

About this episode

The episode discusses a recent incident involving the activation of dormant malicious code on Wikipedia's systems.

Wikipedia is often used as a starting point for research, and recently it was seemingly under attack. Vandalism is common, but what is uncommon is the activation of malicious code that sat waiting on their systems for years before it was set off by an admin reviewing code. Sources: https://pastebin.com/QRYXC05C

People in this episode

Host: Chloe Thonus

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• malicious code
• Wikipedia
• vandalism
• technology

Keywords

• Wikipedia
• cyber crime
• malicious code
• vandalism
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wikipedia

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