Some trolls here

[Craiglxviii]

539 (count ‘em) Russian troll accounts deleted whilst they were forming up.

Best time to hit them with SAMs.

Another 5 since I posted that..!

[Lordroel]

539 (count ‘em) Russian troll accounts deleted whilst they were forming up.

Best time to hit them with SAMs.

Another 5 since I posted that..!

You start to think there are some people in Moscow who want this board down.

[jemhouston]

Best time to hit them with SAMs.

Another 5 since I posted that..!

You start to think there are some people in Moscow who want this board down.

In fairness, they are people in Moscow this board would like down and out.

[kdahm]

Best time to hit them with SAMs.

Another 5 since I posted that..!

You start to think there are some people in Moscow who want this board down.

Actually, I'd call the numbers pretty low. Considering that most of them are bots running predetermined scripts to drop scams and advertising, the earlier filters are doing a good job of screening out the absolute morass of hopeless attempts. It only takes under a second to get to the point of applying for an account, after all.

The other thing is why so many are trying from Russia. It's not like disguising the location of the servers or redirecting the request is that hard, so why not use Cameron or Tonga or Chile for the origin point. Or is it like the misspelling and grammar errors in the scam emails, so that the people who proceed despite them are more likely to actually complete the scam or allow the security breach?

[Belushi TD]

How much of Stuart's work involving Russia is still posted? If there's any of it, it wouldn't surprise me if the bots see russian names, places and so forth and bump it up the logic chain as a good prospect.

Belushi TD

[Calder]

How much of Stuart's work involving Russia is still posted? If there's any of it, it wouldn't surprise me if the bots see russian names, places and so forth and bump it up the logic chain as a good prospect.

Belushi TD

Everything that wasn't published has been posted. To be fair, that is most of the stories that take place in Russia. The only ones I can think of that are posted here are Conflict of Interest, Spiral of Destruction, and the unfinished Tilting The Balance.

The Link is below.
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[Belushi TD]

So that might be a reason we are inundated with the Russian bots. Maybe if we threw a password on that section it might cut down on the infestation?

Belushi TD

[Craiglxviii]

So that might be a reason we are inundated with the Russian bots. Maybe if we threw a password on that section it might cut down on the infestation?

Belushi TD

Yes, I may well need to do that. Another 28 zapped today.

[Lordroel]

So that might be a reason we are inundated with the Russian bots. Maybe if we threw a password on that section it might cut down on the infestation?

Belushi TD

Yes, I may well need to do that. Another 28 zapped today.

That would then also include Red Dawn and the Last War i think.

[Admin]

Today’s haul.

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[kdahm]

Is there a way of auto-deleting everyone coming from a .ru IP address? Let them go through the application form, then automatically send it to the bin, so that their scripts don't notice anything off.

[Craiglxviii]

Is there a way of auto-deleting everyone coming from a .ru IP address? Let them go through the application form, then automatically send it to the bin, so that their scripts don't notice anything off.

Not with this setup. However, most of those are gmail.com bots.

[Calder]

Does anyone understand the economic motives behind the lurking bot members? I understand the use case for spam bots but IIRC currently we have comparatively few of those. What is the point of having hundreds or even thousands of bot members if they just lurk and don't post or if they do post it is rare and not to sell things?

[Lordroel]

It is strange, my forum has hardly any bots trying to enter, so i think it is here due to large Russian mention on the forum why the Russian spam bots seem to be attracted to.

[Admin]

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Does anyone recognise these guys at all?

[gtg947h]

Wasn't that Byron guy a member years ago? Pretty sure I remember "discussing" ATC user fees with him at one point...

[Lordroel]

Does anyone recognise these guys at all?

Madhon is a member on my forum, so he is good, i think.

[James1978]

I think "bean" is worth a shot. I'm reasonably sure it's the poster we used to know as "ByronC" on the previous board, and that he currently runs https://www.navalgazing.net/.

In any event, I think non-.ru profiles deserve a few days to lurk before making a first post?
Is there a requirement for an introduction post from new members?

[gtg947h]

I think "bean" is worth a shot. I'm reasonably sure it's the poster we used to know as "ByronC" on the previous board, and that he currently runs https://www.navalgazing.net/.

Yes that's who I was thinking of... I remember the clever website name...

[Lordroel]

Yes that's who I was thinking of... I remember the clever website name...

Thanks for showing the blog of his, more time i cannot spend doing useful things.