What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#1

Post by s_m_r » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 1:15 AM UTC

I was browsing the cppreference.com when suddenly I noticed that all of the text had been replaced with "C++ is superseded by Rust".

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#2

Post by dpe82 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 1:18 AM UTC

Just noticed the same: https://photos.app.goo.gl/beESXY4xXutdAMQB9

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#3

Post by funhatch » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 1:18 AM UTC

Looks like some Rust fan has hacked the site

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#4

Post by dpe82 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 1:20 AM UTC

funhatch wrote: post #3

Looks like some Rust fan has hacked the site

Likely a lone actor and all that, but this kind of childish behavior is not a great look for that particular community.

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#5

Post by concurrentsquar » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 1:31 AM UTC

Seems like the changes are being reverted now (The index on the home page for C is restored, and most other pages are restored): https://ibb.co/3vGRr0Z

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#6

Post by iExploder » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

dpe82 wrote: post #4

funhatch wrote: post #3

Looks like some Rust fan has hacked the site

Likely a lone actor and all that, but this kind of childish behavior is not a great look for that particular community.

could have been a false flag to put the final nail in the coffin given the recent events in that particular community

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#7

Post by cpach » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 9:11 AM UTC

Very childish and rude. Still quite funny :-p

Re: What Happened to Cppreference.com?

#8

Post by xcubic » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 9:55 AM UTC

Did they mean crablang?