Posts by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
 (DIR) Post #B3wquVkiVefrHfCXuS by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       hf.space is a hosting service for "AI Apps" and is currently being used to generate large amounts of #Spam on federated networks. The subdomain seen in use is ali525-q.hf.space - however, numerous spam activities are paused, running, or being stopped by HuggingFace and at this time we recommend suspending federation with the hf.space domain entirely.ref: https://huggingface.co/ali525/spacesto report the HF user see https://huggingface.co/content-policy
       
 (DIR) Post #B45ZpgYywEvqZCSt0a by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       If you haven't blocked the root domain at Hugging Face (hf.space) be aware there is new Pleroma-based activity coming from saly125-a.hf.space
       
 (DIR) Post #B5MgoD9qpVrIFFmwpk by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       zirk.us is being overrun by LLM-powered bot spam. The admin has not posted since January 2025.If anyone has a way to reach anyone there, please let me know, emails have gone unanswered.ref: https://zirk.us/directory?local=true&order=new
       
 (DIR) Post #B6nMr0A5NX6U9g8SBc by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       The Russian botnet has now created over 2,500 inauthentic accounts on 180 Mastodon servers. These accounts spam propaganda, follow each other to increase federation, connect to Bluesky via the bridge to spread their content there, and create unlimited invite links for their bots to follow.IFTAS reports each one we find, and to date roughly 60% of these accounts have been suspended.Our AUD denylist would silence or suspend the bulk of the remaining 40% of accounts.https://about.iftas.org/library/suspected-portal-kombat-accounts/RT: https://about.iftas.org/?p=6427
       
 (DIR) Post #B6nMr35EW20LDUt7XU by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       Coordinated botnets don't sleep, and neither can our Trust & Safety infrastructure. We keep our tools, libraries, and denylists free and open for every server admin and moderator, but we need to pay our own bills.Can you spare just 1 (£, €, $) a month to help safeguard our network and support the volunteers running it?Be the one. Help us find our 500 core supporters:https://givebutter.com/iftas-power-of-one
       
 (DIR) Post #B6nMr370PRQFIziXIm by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       Total 2562% Mitigated 59.21%% DNI or AUD 35.60%% Pending 4.06%% False Positive 0.55%
       
 (DIR) Post #BAL3Oq6PQwRattJyq0 by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       @stux I assume you mean the Mastodon username rules?
       
 (DIR) Post #BAL3hKuLddK7edV2mW by iftas@mastodon.iftas.org
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       @stux heavy handed insofar as valid usernames with "bp" will be denied, but certainly will stop all the unnecessary emails going out