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Ams Jendob
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 Post Posted: Thu, December 17th 2009 12:25pm    Post subject: Spam Attack
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Around eight o'clock this morning, Unity was subjected to a spam bot attack. The spam contained was absolutely disgusting and contained illegal content. It has all been deleted and the authorities notified.

To anyone who was exposed to that filth, I deeply apologize. The account used is banned and I will be discussing new security protocols with CMAC shortly. Of course... if we were more active, spam bots would shy away. >_>

:p

Okay, last part is funning around but the rest is dead serious. I sincerely hope I'm the only one that was exposed to that trash, and, as a notice to any future spammers... you will not spread your garbage here. I assure you of that.
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 12:21am    Post subject:
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Like I said, I would personally doubt it was actually a bot at this point. My guess is it was a person. That said, I haven't seen the content in question (it's been entirely removed) but our current security protocols are aimed at stopping bots, not actual people. So, as Moff said, we'll be looking into it.
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:45am    Post subject:
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I just got a bunch of emails, but that was saying I was added to an RPG group, and this was the first forum I checked in a while.

In a way, my inactivity seemed to have spared me from the attack... :P

The captcha, at least when I created my accounts here, seems to be very difficult, and I also believe it would be difficult for any bot to get through that process.

Did you forward the IP address to local authorities (assuming this content was not only immoral, but illegal) my mind can only jump to drug, rape, and under-aged pornographic solicitation. It could used to track the pervert...
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:47am    Post subject:
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Your last guess won the gold star. And yes, the emails you will all be receiving about being added to the "RPG" group... well, that's a good thing. If you have trouble accessing RPG forums from a particular account, notify us with which account and we'll correct the oversight.

Not that there should be any... Cray's writing a script now to handle it. But...:p
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:52am    Post subject:
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Gotcha, that's a pity that people actually seek out Star Wars fan fiction sites to do this to, and not only that, but the children they are soliciting.
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:52am    Post subject:
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In this RPG group, how come only a few characters are in the group? I'm not seeing Badim in there. Just curious on how the accounts are picked.
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:53am    Post subject:
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I think they are still adding them... it seems to be increasing. :P
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:54am    Post subject:
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Haha. Well, this might have ended up being good for Unity. I'm seeing more activity here today than I have in the past month :p
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:56am    Post subject:
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When you receive like six emails.... :P
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:56am    Post subject:
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I guess I can expect more if they're still adding :p
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In this RPG group, how come only a few characters are in the group? I'm not seeing Badim in there. Just curious on how the accounts are picked.

Because I first went through the usergroups... then went up the applications forum. And then I stopped because Cray told me to for his script. :p

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I think they are still adding them... it seems to be increasing. :P

YAY!

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Haha. Well, this might have ended up being good for Unity. I'm seeing more activity here today than I have in the past month :p

...Yes, there's a wonderful thought. We owe the game's revival to pedophiles. :p
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 02:58am    Post subject:
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I came back due to the emails, but if it takes arresting a pedophile that tampers with our Unity forums, hell...
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 01:06pm    Post subject:
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Alright, you should all have access to the RPG forums. Please let me know if you don't.
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 05:20pm    Post subject:
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The RPG forum is where all the fun writing is right? Or there something else that I'm missing?
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 Post Posted: Fri, December 18th 2009 07:31pm    Post subject:
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...Yes, Badim. It's the forums where you play your characters.:p
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 Post Posted: Thu, January 07th 2010 12:13am    Post subject:
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I haven't checked my email, I actually check this site more often. Which is still never. Like Alex said in regard to himself, my inactivity seems to have spared me. Though frankly it would have made me more mad than disgusted.

Tis an interesting question, how to stop a spamman.
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 Post Posted: Tue, February 15th 2011 03:29pm    Post subject:
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On the subject of Spam, I don't suppose any of you have checked the Holonet lately, have you? Because in the past few days it seems that the spambots have found a new avenue of attack.
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 Post Posted: Tue, February 15th 2011 03:38pm    Post subject:
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It's times like this I actually wished I knew how to navigate the damn thing and how to edit and delete things.

I guess I'll have to wait for one of the others to sign on.
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 Post Posted: Tue, February 15th 2011 05:17pm    Post subject:
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Hai.

It is done. :p
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 Post Posted: Thu, March 03rd 2011 02:58pm    Post subject:
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And yet they keep coming.

Good thing they're so easy for you guys to kill.
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 Post Posted: Thu, March 03rd 2011 04:02pm    Post subject:
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Well, I gotta do something around here. :p
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 Post Posted: Thu, March 03rd 2011 04:33pm    Post subject:
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Too bad this site has had more activity from spambots than users.

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 Post Posted: Thu, March 03rd 2011 04:39pm    Post subject:
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...Is that a sad Carrie Fisher?
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 Post Posted: Fri, March 04th 2011 06:49am    Post subject:
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LOL
mean!
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 Post Posted: Thu, March 24th 2011 11:12pm    Post subject:
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You guys really need to think about doing some kind of approval process for new wiki accounts, because wow, those spamlets sure are persistent.
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