Security News > 2020 > August > Accounts of Reddit Moderators Hijacked in Pro-Trump Hack
Multiple Reddit moderator accounts have been compromised and abused to post pro-Trump messages on a variety of subreddits.
The hackers appear to have targeted moderator accounts that did not have two-factor authentication enabled, and leveraged their rights to modify subreddits or even remove moderator accounts that had fewer rights.
"There is an ongoing incident with moderator accounts being compromised and used to vandalize subreddits. We're working on locking down the bad actors and reverting the changes," a Reddit administrator revealed.
"We have officially confirmed that none of the accounts that were compromised had 2fa enabled at the time of the compromise. 2fa is not a guarantee of account safety in general, but it's still an important step to take to keep your account more secure," the Reddit admin said.
While resolving the security incident, Reddit urged moderators to adopt 2FA to prevent similar attacks from happening.