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Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users<ref name=stats></ref>. Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users<ref name=stats></ref>.


In January of 2006, the hacking group Bantown used Encyclopædia Dramatica to announce they had hacked 900,000 LiveJournal accounts exploiting cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in LiveJournal's core code.<ref name= wapohijack></ref><ref name=infowhijack></ref> In January of 2006, the hacking group Bantown used Encyclopædia Dramatica to announce they had hacked 900,000 LiveJournal accounts exploiting cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in LiveJournal's core code.<ref name= wapohijack></ref><ref name=infowhijack></ref>


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Encyclopædia Dramatica (ED) is a MediaWiki-based wiki, designed as a Misplaced Pages-style collection of LiveJournal events and Internet memes.

Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users.

In January of 2006, the hacking group Bantown used Encyclopædia Dramatica to announce they had hacked 900,000 LiveJournal accounts exploiting cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in LiveJournal's core code.

References

  1. Encyclopedia Dramatica statistics page
  2. Washington Post Blog on account exploit
  3. Infoworld on account exploit

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