I'm no security expert, so bear with me! Just looking for some
clarification.
regularly changing your passwords
It was my understanding studies have shown regularly changing passwords can
be adverse, no? [1][2] Not sure if we have a stance on that, because this
is the first time I've heard it come up.
I don't know if this is relevant to this particular incident of account
hijacking, but I've also been told it's important to ensure your
password is unique
to Wikimedia, and to turn on two-factor authentication, if possible and you
are willing to do so.[3][4]
[1]
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2016/03/time-rethink-mandator…
[2]
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/password-guidance-simplifying-your-approach
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Password_strength_requirements/en#So_that…
?
[4]
https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Security_Basics#Passwords (staff only)
~Leon
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:10 AM John Bennett <jbennett(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
*On 8 May 2018, account hijacking activities were
discovered on Wikiviajes
- Spanish Wikivoyage (
es.wikivoyage.org <http://es.wikivoyage.org>). It
was
identified by community stewards and communicated to the Trust and Safety,
Legal, and Security teams who responded to the event. At this time the
event is still under investigation and we are unable to share more about
what is being done without risking additional hijacking of accounts.
However, we feel it is important to share what details we can and inform
the community of what happened. Similar to past security incidents, we
continue to encourage everyone to take some routine steps to maintain a
secure computer and account - including regularly changing your passwords,
actively running antivirus software on your systems, and keeping your
system software up to date. The Wikimedia Foundation's Security team and
others are investigating this incident as well as potential improvements to
prevent future incidents. We are also working with our colleagues in other
departments to develop plans for how to best share future status updates on
each of these incidents. However, we are currently focused on resolving the
issues identified. If you have any questions, please contact the Trust and
Safety team (ca{{(a)}}wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.org>). John
BennettDirector of Security, Wikimedia Foundation*
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