Is this forum hacked?

[DirtNazzty]

Hey guys... Wth has been going on last week or 2 with these random threads being started and instantly closed... Im getting notifications nonstop of new threads and it's 75% spam.... Am I the only one seeing this? Just wanted to make sure it's not on my end and figure out wth is goin on

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[MurphBigHorn]

Hey guys... Wth has been going on last week or 2 with these random threads being started and instantly closed... Im getting notifications nonstop of new threads and it's 75% spam.... Am I the only one seeing this? Just wanted to make sure it's not on my end and figure out wth is goin on

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Your not the only one getting them.

 

[DirtNazzty]

Your not the only one getting them.

Okay good to know... Weird, wonder if we should be worried about any personal info, I've followed forums for years and years and have never seen any of my followed forums do this.

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[Eighty]

There is a ton of spam every day, and we're beating them down as fast as we can. It's just the nature of the forum business - I really don't know why these spammers want to sell CBD gummies so bad.
The spammers are just new members posting links, trying to get someone to click on them. They aren't hacking into the system.

 

[DirtNazzty]

There is a ton of spam every day, and we're beating them down as fast as we can. It's just the nature of the forum business - I really don't know why these spammers want to sell CBD gummies so bad.
The spammers are just new members posting links, trying to get someone to click on them. They aren't hacking into the system.

Alright, thanks... I figured it was just spam but I know it's usually a pretty lengthy process to make a new email account etc... Just to post a couple random letters to be insta banned lol weirdos getting desperate these days I guess.

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[HSKR R/T]

Site Admin has implemented new measures to hopefully slow them down. Seems to be working. We catch most before they get to make a post.

 

[DirtNazzty]

Site Admin has implemented new measures to hopefully slow them down. Seems to be working. We catch most before they get to make a post.

Great work folks!

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[bigdodge]

turning off notifications will help.

 

[Richard320]

turning off notifications will help.

This.

 

[DirtNazzty]

turning off notifications will help.

I understand that but thanks for the amazing tip lol.... Just curious about what was going on, never seen a forum as bad as what it's been the last couple weeks.

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[djevox]

I understand that but thanks for the amazing tip lol.... Just curious about what was going on, never seen a forum as bad as what it's been the last couple weeks.

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All of them are this bad, it’s just a constant battle to balance being too restrictive and not restrictive enough. A lot of forums handle things differently, but the result is always the same- a tiny number are actual users that the software sees as non-malicious so they are granted an account. The only way to prevent that is manual intervention on each new user, which we are currently doing.

 

[OldMarine]

wait..now you tell me it's spam? DAMN!...I just finished learning Mandarin in Chinese class so I could keep up with the forum!

 

[JoeCo]

wait..now you tell me it's spam? DAMN!...I just finished learning Mandarin in Chinese class so I could keep up with the forum!

Hope you took a break from learning Chinese to at least indoctrinate yourself with the fool proof ways of our neighbors to the north when it comes to appetite fat burners!



It has been a ton better lately though, I'm not sure if I've noticed them at all the last few days and if so barely at all compared to when I screenshotted the above.

 

[mikeru82]

I thought maybe I missed the creation of a new word there Joe, so I looked it up to see. Apparently Serengeti is the closest form of this word...

 

[Dewey]

Been seeing those late night spammers each night since I’m logged on during that time. I’m a mod on another site and it seems they’re usually most active after midnight. Only way we stopped it was doing background checks on member info to make sure they’re legit. (name/email) Red flags immediately go up for known spammers. Just letting anybody join is asking for trouble.

 

[Idahoktm]

Okay good to know... Weird, wonder if we should be worried about any personal info, I've followed forums for years and years and have never seen any of my followed forums do this.

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What personal information are you concerned about? Anybody mining data from this site could determine that I have a 2021 Laramie with all of the options listed in my signature and I live in Idaho. Not much to worry about.

 

[Eighty]

Been seeing those late night spammers each night since I’m logged on during that time. I’m a mod on another site and it seems they’re usually most active after midnight. Only way we stopped it was doing background checks on member info to make sure they’re legit. (name/email) Red flags immediately go up for known spammers. Just letting anybody join is asking for trouble.

Right now, all new members are set up so that their first post has to be approved by a moderator before they can do anything else. Honestly, I'm not sure how some of these are making it through.

 

[JoeCo]

I thought maybe I missed the creation of a new word there Joe, so I looked it up to see. Apparently Serengeti is the closest form of this word...

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Haha technically the past tense or "past participle" to get real fancy, of screen shot. However, there's a chance I may have meant serengeti

 

[bigdodge]

Right now, all new members are set up so that their first post has to be approved by a moderator before they can do anything else. Honestly, I'm not sure how some of these are making it through.

maybe they joined before this rule and were just waiting.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Hey guys... Wth has been going on last week or 2 with these random threads being started and instantly closed... Im getting notifications nonstop of new threads and it's 75% spam.... Am I the only one seeing this? Just wanted to make sure it's not on my end and figure out wth is goin on

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As @Eighty said, those first post threads by new members have to be approved by a mod before they post. Something in Xenforo must be tripping the new thread notifications prior to approval. They're deleted for reasons already covered (spam).

Right now, all new members are set up so that their first post has to be approved by a moderator before they can do anything else. Honestly, I'm not sure how some of these are making it through.

maybe they joined before this rule and were just waiting.

This.

I'm usually on checking for spam until midnight MDT or later, often until 0200 and sometimes later.

Very few are getting through since the new settings were deployed. Same thing I'm seeing over at HDRams.

There's some TLD restrictions also in place, and (I believe) a secondary spam honeypot.