Bots are attacking again!

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Bots are attacking again!

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So I am temporarily blocking new members for a day or two. 58 bots applied yesterday!

Sorry folks

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77 overnight
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Re: Bots are attacking again!

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On a slightly wider but parallel front.

My email spam filters have been flooded by a sudden increase in traffic as of Saturday 16 March too. The increase is in the range of 25 to 30 items per day with a few new items getting through the filters, requiring manual intervention.

Most of the unwanted stuff emanates from the same domain - but not all.

Smacks of some new and very undesirable player(s) with bots have kicked off on new ventures. Is it an AI thing?
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No increase here JGD over the weekend. Indeed spam seems to have dropped a little over the years. Most of the standard scammers (delivery companies, banks, porn ...) seem to have given up on me.

I guess it is becoming more targeted - but in your case most coming from a common source seems odd when they can so easily use multiple attack vectors.

My spam filter catches ~200-250/month. Almost nothing gets through but I have to check it every week 'cos maybe 2/3 genuine emails get caught.
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97 overnight
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Might be calming down, only 11 last night
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Only 6 bots overnight, so I'll reopen new registrations from now.
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