Hackers attack???

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Re: Hackers attack???

by dadndave » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:43 am

Thanks for the heads-up, Phenom. Posts deleted, user banned and this new IP also banned.
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Re: Hackers attack???

by Josh Lewis » Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:17 am

The spammers even tried attacking the elf inbox. Fortunately their attempts were very weak.

In other news looks like dadndave's blockade is working. :D

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Re: Hackers attack???

by Josh Lewis » Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:46 pm

toxo wrote:Why are you trying to sign us up for a thankless chore, Marm?


What are you talking about? Can't you see my thank count? Oh wait, I think most of those are for lolcats and other humorous posts.

Elves don't do SP work to get thanked. :wink: It's a community service. :)

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Re: Hackers attack???

by Scott » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:34 am

According to the moderation logs, 518 Chinese spam messages were deleted today.

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Re: Hackers attack???

by Scott » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:37 am

Apparently the Indonesian spammers have learned from the Chinese spammers and are now posting in the forum instead of just articles.

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Re: Hackers attack???

by Marmaduke » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:16 am

Would it be easier to shut down the system to new members for a period of time to fix the issue? And have a post that apologies to those wanting to join but due thousands of spam messages that in the near future SP hopes they'll revisit the site?

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Re: Hackers attack???

by Josh Lewis » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:25 am

@Marmaduke We have a better method that is an easy switch. Unfortunately non of the elves have access to it. :? It will make for a good temp method once Matt is back.

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