Emira Forums Spam?

[NicolasB]

There are like 7 pages of weird threads, lots of Chinese writing, what's going on here??

 

[action_turtle]

I dont think it's hacked, new user accounts and then posts done via a bot.

Change your password, or at least make it more complex, just in case.

Site probably needs a lock on new users and some sort of cool down added to stop people from posting more than 1 new post in a set time

 

[CDM1855]

This is Geeley coming after us for all of that complaining

 

[TomE]

Admins and mods are on the case, bear with us.

 

[TomE]

Appears that someone has managed to find a way round some of our new account/new post restrictions. Think we've stopped the new accounts. Please report any new spam posts you see.

 

[supersix]

There are like 7 pages of weird threads, lots of Chinese writing, what's going on here??

All these threads/posts were created by automated spam bots. We'll make some changes this morning that should help to prevent this from happening.

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

I just blocked that poster.
Don't know if it is enough because I opened the first post
Can some admin tell us if there is any threat or we have to do change password?

 

[TomE]

It was spam posting, no compromises to existing user accounts and if you opened the posts then you just displayed the spam text. There were no embedded links you could click through.

 

[NicolasB]

Have to wonder what the point of this type of attack is? Why this site?

 

[supersix]

Have to wonder what the point of this type of attack is? Why this site?

It's not an attack on the site, just a spam bot that made it through the registration process.

 

[benjh1028]

This is Geeley coming after us for all of that complaining

Funniest comment here in quite a while, and scary that it may be true!