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#9 BleepingComputer general March 05, 2026 at 20:42 UTC

Wikipedia hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm that vandalized pages

By Lawrence Abrams

AI Summary

Wikipedia suffered a security incident when a self-propagating JavaScript worm vandalized pages and modified user scripts across multiple wikis operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. The incident shows how client-side attacks can spread rapidly across interconnected web platforms, affecting content integrity at scale.

Relevance score: 78.0/100

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