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@@ -45,3 +45,49 @@ If anything significant happens, I'll either update this post or create a new
 post with the summary of changes. Until then, remain vigilant against
 misinformation. Lies go around the world in the time it takes the truth to tie
 its shoes.
+
+---
+
+UPDATE(M09 08 2022 20:40): I made a copy-pasteable message for this issue to
+raise awareness WITHOUT fearmongering.
+
+Hey all,
+
+Wow, today has been something else. It appears that among the other events of
+today there is a developing situation with Patreon. Patreon is an online company
+that makes it easy to support online content creators such as me, your friendly
+moderation orca. Patreon is one of the largest of these kinds of companies, your
+favorite youtubers and streamers undoubtedly have Patreon accounts.
+
+There has been a credible-looking report that Patreon has let go of their
+security team. The security team at a company like Patreon is usually the most
+trusted team that has access to a lot of internal systems with absolute trust in
+many cases in similar roles in other organizations. The entire security team
+being let go is usually a "bad vibes" kind of sign that something weird is
+happening.
+
+We don't know what is going on. All we know is that there is an allegation of
+something weird happening. Disinformation is going to be rampant. I would
+suggest that you avoid taking action until we know what is going on. Do not
+trust any statements from anyone or any outlet that is not Patreon the company
+themselves.
+
+In addition, Patreon helps online content creators afford their monthly rent and
+food. It would be a bad idea to threaten that by shutting down your Patreon
+account or similar. Please do enable two-factor authentication if you have not.
+If you can afford it, look into using a Yubikey or other FIDO2 certified
+authenticator device (this is being added to modern devices with security
+hardware, so your phone may be able to act as one).
+
+I have made a page on my blog about this with a summary of the information that
+I have here: https://xeiaso.net/blog/patreon-happening. I am planning to update
+it with the contents of this message when it is made available. If you want to
+spread this to other discord servers or chat apps, you may only do so if you
+share the complete message with every single word unedited.
+
+Let's hope this is nothing. I am monitoring the situation and will update you
+and my blog if the situation changes.
+
+Be well,
+
+Xe