James Y🎃ung on Nostr: MefiWiki's been getting hit by spam bots for a couple of weeks now, sometimes ...
MefiWiki's been getting hit by spam bots for a couple of weeks now, sometimes intensely enough that it was sporadically unavailable, like an hour or two ago.
I think we're in better shape now. Instead of whack-a-mole with individual accounts and IP addresses, I notified and blocked a Canadian server company that was hosting the bots.
#MefiWiki
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2025-01-21 17:18:56Event JSON
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