Hack attack?

Pulpmeister · 01-02-2019, 08:17 PM

I see that a thread of which I was OP has now had the OP identity changed: Now the OP is "demonss".

What with someone new also copying a book posting of mine in the Patricia Clarke Library, but without the book, I wonder of someone outside is snooping around the forum having "fun".

See

"What books did you have to study at school?" in the Reading Reccomendations forum.

and

"Golden Windmill and Other Stories" post by "baseball" in Kindle Library.

PeterT · 01-02-2019, 09:41 PM

See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=288673 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=311877

DiapDealer · 01-02-2019, 10:03 PM

Yeah ... they're not hacks. It's a pretty common spam tactic. They copy the contents of another post and create a new thread. The spammer usually returns at a later date to add spam links. They must have lost track.

These threads typically get reported and we ban them (and delete the their posts), but that didn't happen with these ones (yet).

I'm going to move this thread to the Feedback forum.

DiapDealer · 01-02-2019, 10:27 PM

I deleted the bogus kindlebook thread, by the way. I left the other thread since there were tons of valid responses to the question.

Just report any others you may happen upon. We'll deal with them.

Pulpmeister · 01-02-2019, 11:46 PM

Thanks! I couldn't work out how I disappeared from OP!

01-02-2019, 08:17 PM	#1
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Hack attack? I see that a thread of which I was OP has now had the OP identity changed: Now the OP is "demonss". What with someone new also copying a book posting of mine in the Patricia Clarke Library, but without the book, I wonder of someone outside is snooping around the forum having "fun". See "What books did you have to study at school?" in the Reading Reccomendations forum. and "Golden Windmill and Other Stories" post by "baseball" in Kindle Library.

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01-02-2019, 09:41 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,166 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=288673 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=311877

01-02-2019, 10:03 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Yeah ... they're not hacks. It's a pretty common spam tactic. They copy the contents of another post and create a new thread. The spammer usually returns at a later date to add spam links. They must have lost track. These threads typically get reported and we ban them (and delete the their posts), but that didn't happen with these ones (yet). I'm going to move this thread to the Feedback forum.

01-02-2019, 10:27 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I deleted the bogus kindlebook thread, by the way. I left the other thread since there were tons of valid responses to the question. Just report any others you may happen upon. We'll deal with them.

01-02-2019, 11:46 PM	#5
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Thanks! I couldn't work out how I disappeared from OP!