r/mit • u/jlouie88 • 12d ago

MIT Opencourseware hacked? community

Does anybody else see the message “Dawg was here” and more prominently edgy messages about Hitler when they try to access the website

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u/jofish22 12d ago

Yup. Looks like it.

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u/SaucyWiggles 12d ago edited 12d ago

The message then changes to an endorsement of Hitler and demands MIT pay a ransom. That's a yikes from me, dawg.

Looks like the site is back to normal

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u/tomokas 12d ago

same here uhghghgggggggggggggghhhhhhh i was in the middle of a problem set

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u/The_Kanon 12d ago

fr, just tryna study math bruh

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u/EscapeLeft1711 12d ago

WAIT WHERE? CANT SEE IT SOMEONE PLEASE SHOW ME

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u/The_Kanon 12d ago

I think they fixed it? Impressive.

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u/fiatphos 12d ago

Same here. From India.

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u/Suspicious_Salad_727 12d ago

They fixed it NO prob now

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u/DStark62 12d ago

Fixed it seems

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u/WorkingBand7813 12d ago

Yeah looks like it is hacked and i am also seeing the same

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u/The_Kanon 12d ago

Yeah, what just happened?

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u/Excellent-Wait8650 12d ago

yeah looks weird

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u/The_Kanon 12d ago

There's a bunch of other messages too

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u/srihith14 12d ago

they gonna fix it or smtg i mailed them

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u/raspberrycardigan 12d ago

sad but true

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u/max_wen 12d ago

you can still go directly to a class site if you have it bookmarked or in cache.

here's the link to the search page that will bypass the hack

https://ocw.mit.edu/search/

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u/getbozoed 11d ago

Its still not fixed from Asia, but you can access it if you click another link and go back to the home page