⤷ Title: AI Crawlers Deluge Wikimedia Commons, Consuming Over 65% of High-Cost Bandwidth
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𐀪 Author: do son
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ⴵ Time: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:02:15 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI #Wikimedia
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𐀪 Author: do son
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ⴵ Time: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:02:15 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI #Wikimedia
Daily CyberSecurity
AI Crawlers Deluge Wikimedia Commons, Consuming Over 65% of High-Cost Bandwidth
Explore the issue of AI crawlers and their impact on bandwidth and resources in the Wikimedia Commons project.
⤷ Title: Wikimedia Offers Free AI Dataset to Combat Relentless Web Scraping
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:36:49 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI #dataset #machine_learning #Web Scraping #Wikimedia #Wikipedia
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:36:49 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI #dataset #machine_learning #Web Scraping #Wikimedia #Wikipedia
Daily CyberSecurity
Wikimedia Offers Free AI Dataset to Combat Relentless Web Scraping
Facing overwhelming AI web scraping, Wikimedia releases a free, optimized dataset on Kaggle to encourage direct downloads and reduce server strain.
⤷ Title: Wikipedia Warns of Existential AI Threat as Page Views Fall 8% Due to Chatbot Summaries
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:25 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI Threat #Generative AI #Knowledge Ecosystem #Page Views #Volunteer Community #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:25 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #AI Threat #Generative AI #Knowledge Ecosystem #Page Views #Volunteer Community #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
Daily CyberSecurity
Wikipedia Warns of Existential AI Threat as Page Views Fall 8% Due to Chatbot Summaries
The Wikimedia Foundation reported an 8% drop in page views, blaming AI chatbots and search summaries for siphoning traffic. It warns the decline threatens the sustainability of its volunteer community.
⤷ Title: The Silver Jubilee: Wikipedia Inks Landmark AI Deals with Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:03:01 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #25th Anniversary #AI Training Data #Amazon #Digital Knowledge #machine_learning #Meta #Microsoft #Mistral AI #Perplexity #Wikimedia Enterprise #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:03:01 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #25th Anniversary #AI Training Data #Amazon #Digital Knowledge #machine_learning #Meta #Microsoft #Mistral AI #Perplexity #Wikimedia Enterprise #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
Daily CyberSecurity
The Silver Jubilee: Wikipedia Inks Landmark AI Deals with Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon
Wikipedia marks 25 years on Jan 15, 2026, by announcing major AI data deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon to fund its non-profit human knowledge mission.
⤷ Title: The Ruwiki Sleeper: How a Slumbering JavaScript Worm Paralyzed Wikipedia’s Global Infrastructure
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:22:43 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #administrator compromise #CSS hijacking #Cybersecurity 2026 #JavaScript worm #Meta_Wiki #ruwiki #security breach #Tech News 2026 #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
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𐀪 Author: Ddos
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ⴵ Time: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:22:43 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #administrator compromise #CSS hijacking #Cybersecurity 2026 #JavaScript worm #Meta_Wiki #ruwiki #security breach #Tech News 2026 #Wikimedia Foundation #Wikipedia
Daily CyberSecurity
The Ruwiki Sleeper: How a Slumbering JavaScript Worm Paralyzed Wikipedia’s Global Infrastructure
A dormant ruwiki script triggered a global Wikipedia lockdown. Discover how a 23-minute JavaScript worm compromised admins and forced a read-only mandate.
⤷ Title: The Silent Script: How a “Slumbering” Worm Paralyzed Wikimedia and Defaced Meta-Wiki
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𐀪 Author: ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:23:04 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Vulnerability #BleepingComputer #Common.js #Cyber attack 2026 #JavaScript worm #malware #MediaWiki #Meta_Wiki #Phabricator #web security #Wikimedia #Wikipedia security #XSS Attack
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𐀪 Author: ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:23:04 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Vulnerability #BleepingComputer #Common.js #Cyber attack 2026 #JavaScript worm #malware #MediaWiki #Meta_Wiki #Phabricator #web security #Wikimedia #Wikipedia security #XSS Attack
Penetration Testing Tools
The Silent Script: How a "Slumbering" Worm Paralyzed Wikimedia and Defaced Meta-Wiki
The Wikimedia Foundation endured a profoundly distressing day. A self-propagating JavaScript worm was triggered across Wikimedia projects, commencing
⤷ Title: The Wikimedia Schism: Editors Revolt Over Community Tech Dissolution
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𐀪 Author: ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:10:58 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #Community Tech team dissolved #volunteer contributor backlash #Wiki Workers United union #Wikimedia Foundation layoffs #Wikipedia editor strike #Wikipedia protest campaign
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𐀪 Author: ddos
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ⴵ Time: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:10:58 +0000
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⌗ Tags: #Technology #Community Tech team dissolved #volunteer contributor backlash #Wiki Workers United union #Wikimedia Foundation layoffs #Wikipedia editor strike #Wikipedia protest campaign
Information Security News
Wikipedia Editor Strike: Wikimedia Layoffs Backlash
Discover why a Wikipedia editor strike is looming. Learn how the dissolution of the Community Tech team sparked massive backlash and union allegations.