WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger." en Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 illustrationclass on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1070957 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:03:21 +0000 illustrationclass 1070957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Glad that I posted about my experience, now other WordPress users can at least find this out if they use the 'rabbit hole/ Matrix' search terms.. Seems misguided WordPress "happiness engineers" are engineering a bit of panic.

]]> pad6057 on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1070935 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:17:06 +0000 pad6057 1070935@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The same happened to me. This is a very bad joke. I would appreciate it if WordPress team took this down and avoided such fun at the user's expense in the future.

]]> illustrationclass on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1035238 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:16:32 +0000 illustrationclass 1035238@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Good point. I was in a panic. I changed my password. So much of my WordPress experience has been wonderful, so I will take this joke at my expense in stride, this time.

]]> ldhltd on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1035197 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:16:36 +0000 ldhltd 1035197@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just had the same experience when I was promoted to check an autosave. I have a very good sense of humour, but I'm afraid it doesn't extend this far, this was really terrifying and just wasted time Googling for a solution. I'm trying to encourage people who are not very IT literate to use WordPress as I think it's such a great platform, but this sort of thing is the best way to turn people away.

]]> illustrationclass on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1034344 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:29:59 +0000 illustrationclass 1034344@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Matt
Thanks, I guess.
I appreciate the info and I realize you are just the messenger.

Very peculiar way to have fun. Seems the WordPress development team might at the end of the "countdown 3.2,1,/MATRIX/rabbithole" sequence reveal that the alarming script is actually an Easter Egg. Maybe if I hit the back button I would have gotten there, but I was truly alarmed.

The unexpected WordPress experience ruined my morning, I felt like my Mac had been hijacked and it stopped me from posting the post.

]]> coffeemanmatt on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1034329 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:13:34 +0000 coffeemanmatt 1034329@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

Nope, no hacking going on there - you've found an Easter egg put in by the WordPress developers.

What happened is that you compared a post revision to itself, so there aren't any revisions to show. This is just our way to have a little bit of fun, and to teach you that you can't compare something to itself without causing some havoc. :)

]]> illustrationclass on "Hacked? Comparing revisions sent me to page called "danger."" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-comparing-revisions-sent-me-to-page-called-danger#post-1033955 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:34:43 +0000 illustrationclass 1033955@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Blog security issue. I was prompted to compare revisions of my blog. I didn't think I made revisions, just went to 'edit' in order to collect the short link. Then I was redirected to a black page, it displayed a an animated countdown, then "Welcome to the Matrix,
then: you've gone down the rabbit hole"
Final page read: Dont let this happen again.Return.
I have a screenshot. Running OSX on a Mac.
I did search forums re: hacking. Went in checked that I am the only authorized use.
blog is https://illustrationconcentration.wordpress.com/
The address displayed during the hijack added this line after the forward slash in the line above
wp-admin/revision.php?action=diff&post_type=post&left=1459&right=1459
any advice Thanks.
Blog url: http://illustrationconcentration.wordpress.com/

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