There have been users spamming CSAM content in [email protected] causing it to federate to other instances. If your instance is subscribed to this community, you should take action to rectify it immediately. I recommend performing a hard delete via command line on the server.

I deleted every image from the past 24 hours personally, using the following command: sudo find /srv/lemmy/example.com/volumes/pictrs/files -type f -ctime -1 -exec shred {} \;

Note: Your local jurisdiction may impose a duty to report or other obligations. Check with these, but always prioritize ensuring that the content does not continue to be served.

Update

Apparently the Lemmy Shitpost community is shut down as of now.

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 year ago

    From what I understand from federation, shouldn’t the images still live on whatever server they were uploaded to? Sure the post gets federated and now you have links to csam on your server but you just need to delete the post, not the image, unless the attacker uploaded it to your pict-rs (how?).

    To me this is a cornerstone of federation, it ensures both security for federaters and optimal disk space usage at the cost of bandwidth usage for popular hosters.