Hi I’ve locked down threads that shouldn’t be buried in spam and will unlock them later after this New Year’s Eve script kiddie party is over. You can start new threads and also message me about threads that should get locked for now. Be nice.
I had to lock down many threads tonight. I unlocked them and BAM it started all over. I promise I’ll unlock them tomorrow but in the meantime if you want to post something make a new thread and I’ll sort it out tomorrow. Nite.
So threads were locked and now unlocked. If you run across a locked threadyou want Open please let me know.
I think we should let the owners of stanwix.com know that their domain is compromised. That's where the spam is now originating from. I already sent them an e-mail. I will send another to their domain provider. Man the harpoons? Actually, fuck the domain holder. He's the one behind it, running the spam farm. Code: Domain Name: STANWIX.COM Registry Domain ID: 758165_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com Registrar URL: http://networksolutions.com Updated Date: 2015-06-25T19:09:34Z Creation Date: 1998-01-14T05:00:00Z Registry Expiry Date: 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 2 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@web.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Name Server: NS0.UKFAST.NET Name Server: NS1.UKFAST.NET DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of whois database: 2019-01-02T19:23:33Z <<< and info to block incoming attacks with Code: A 79.170.44.128 MX (10) stanwix.com.mail1.emailantidote.com MX (20) stanwix.com.mail2.emailantidote.com NS ns0.ukfast.net NS ns1.ukfast.net TXT "v=spf1 a ip4:66.155.81.68 include:_spf.rmscloud.com include:spf.fusemail.net -all" SOA host: ns0.ukfast.net contact: support.ukfast.co.uk serial: 2018100501 refresh: 7200 s retry: 3600 s expire: 604800 s
HI Toronto, another great place to report that sort of shit is the Information Commissioner's Office. They investigate spammers and nuisance callers among other things and when they have sufficient evidence of responsibility they impose the heaviest financial penalties possible, sufficiently heavy to bankrupt them.
I guess it did. Host likely also got taken down. Idiots doing side-operations on the same domain are real stupid! lulz. Domain is still up, however the hundereds of fake pharmacies that were hosted on subdomains were purged. Owner likely got a severe warning too. Also reported yet another domain, which should be removed entirely.
I sense maybe the spammers actual IP's got ddos'd in the process, this place probably wasn't the only one getting flooded.
I have been on forums where your first post or two must be reviewed and approved before it is posted and visible to everyone. I guess that would be a bad idea here -- people who blow the cult should feel welcome to post right away. Even if they need more immediate needs like food or shelter, we can refer them to The Aftermath Foundation. I believe it is possible to set up a feature where a new poster's posts are only visible to him/her, and only when he/she is logged in, until that poster is approved (the feature is called "Tachy Goes to Coventry", and YOU DON'T HAVE THE EFFING RANK to ask how I know that). Again, perhaps not the optimum solution. Here's something better -- Is it possible to set up a feature like Craigslist has, where just a couple of complaints will flag a post or take it down? We can flag/remove spammers' junk here just like we flag/remove the cult ads on Craigslist ("free time management seminar" or "way to happiness" or similar). Can we? Oh, can we, can we pretty please? Does anyone have a copy of the Xenforo software manual? EDIT: Edited for GAT 2 compliance and to make sure the DAMN SEMICOLONS were being used properly.
The recaptcha thing is nice. Looking back, I should have combined the first and second paragraphs of my previous post, since I think they describe the same idea/feature. My "Craigslist" system might be able to automate (or "crowd-source") removals, so they happen before moderators even see the posts. But this feature might not really exist for Xenforo. The recaptcha thing would prevent these spammer sign-ups in the first place. Is it possible to implement this for new users? Let's assume someone blows the cult in the middle of the night and ends up at a relative's house. These days, the relative is likely to have at least a basic, serviceable computer in the house, and can guide the blown person through the captcha process for WWP (or handling validation e-mails or text messages to get on other websites, or set up banking or automatically paying utilities, all the things we "never-ins" take for granted). Yes, I think the recaptcha would be perfect to keep out spammers, and be a low enough hurdle that "wog" or "meat body" posters (EDIT: or, as our favorite cult calls them, "disgruntled apostates") could navigate (with a little help) and be posting in only minutes. Can we have recaptcha?
Good. It'll force the idiots to register first and give up their IP address in the process. Bwahahahah (if it's viewable).
