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Forum spammed, I stopped activation

Posted: Mon 15. Dec 2014 09:15
by Keld
Hi Guys (and girls)

Sorry, most of the phpBB fora all over the world was hacked in these days, not that the forum itself was hacked, but the activation of new users was, so spambots could make a user and activate it and then spam the fora with a lot of junk.

So right now in spent several hours to stop this, since the phpBB fora builder are hacked too I can't get help with the problem, so for right now I just stop for new members. That means that also the good guys out there can't become a member right now, sorry, but off course you can mail me and explain, and I can make a account to you. (I think i can)

And Sorry again because in my work I know I did remove some post and some new users, but I had to work fast because there was new users all the time, every second I removed one a new one was coming, so I had to go direct to my database and remove there to stop this spamming. and In the database I couldn't see who's good and who's bad, judt removed many thousands lines.

Hope that soon we will be back to normal.

so just post again if I removed your post.

and Merry Christmas to everybody. :yes

Re: Forum spammed, I stopped activation

Posted: Mon 15. Dec 2014 13:20
by Lasp
Thank you very much!

I was realt concerned yesterday. Good work.

There must be some international law against that sort of action.

Re: Forum spammed, I stopped activation

Posted: Tue 16. Dec 2014 13:03
by rex craemer
yes , you are right lasp