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Dedicated attack on server 13/10 04:30

torbrex · 2014-10-13 03:42:06

Looks like someone has decided to attack MSE for the removal of their spam posts about cheap kitchens. Main culprit seems to be this poster, who was the first to post. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2332155 I count 7 new members all posting the same thing all over the boards which are now flooded with…

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lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite

13 October 2014 at 4:53PM

Mallotum_X wrote: »

It may have been possible to block IP's from certain countries. A lot of spam comes from china/Indonesia etc

From experience on another forum, this is almost certainly originating from India. This now seems to be the leading country for spam related activity as you can still pay them peanuts.

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