Many Reddit communities vandalized with pro-Trump content, possibly due to compromised moderator accounts
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A number of subreddits were taken over and vandalized on Friday, possibly as part of a coordinated campaign. Hackers reportedly posted messages or changed a subreddit’s design in support of President Donald Trump.
“An investigation is underway related to a series of vandalized communities,” a Reddit spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. “It appears the source of the attacks were compromised moderator accounts. We are working to lock down those accounts and restore impacted communities.”
Image: r/Japan What r/Japan looked like when it was vandalized.
It’s unclear right now how the accounts were compromised. listed dozens of subreddits that were affected, and many were quite...
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