Issue queue spam from March needs fixed

bdragon - September 20, 2007 - 00:08
Project:Drupal.org webmasters
Component:Spam
Category:task
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed
Description

I just noticed something disturbing when looking through the issue queue today.

Look very carefully at the last post on http://drupal.org/node/49667. Now compare it to the other posts in that issue.

Someone was or is using what looks to me like a markov generator or something similar to spam the issue queue.

This is very disturbing....

Is there any way to detect this sort of thing? This is some very subtle spam... :(

#1

bdragon - September 20, 2007 - 00:10
Status:postponed (maintainer needs more info)» closed

And then I notice that it is an exact copy of another post in the thread.
*sigh*

#2

nevets - September 20, 2007 - 00:58

I was going to clean it up but something else is odd. If you visit http://drupal.org/user/124071 and then click track there is nothing in their tracker. Since it is a follow up I do not have the approriate permissions to clean it up but the link is definitly spam.

#3

sepeck - September 20, 2007 - 01:49
Status:closed» active

the user is blocked, but someone will have to run a database query to catch all the issues spammed.

You can't remove issue spam except through the database.

#4

bdragon - September 20, 2007 - 01:51
Title:Markov chaining spambot in issue queue?» Issue queue spam from March needs fixed

Changing title

#5

bdragon - September 20, 2007 - 01:51
Priority:critical» normal

#6

bdragon - September 20, 2007 - 01:55

Since the tracker doesn't work to find this sort of thing, http://drupal.org/project/issues?participated=124071

#7

Gerhard Killesreiter - September 20, 2007 - 08:43

I don't think this merits much action, we add "nofollow" to the links and no human user is going to look at these old issues.

#8

dww - September 20, 2007 - 21:39

You can't remove issue spam except through the database.

FYI: this will be fixed via http://drupal.org/node/18920 which is high on the project* roadmap...

#9

Michelle - April 29, 2008 - 00:24
Status:active» fixed

IFAC in, spam out.

Michelle

#10

Anonymous (not verified) - May 13, 2008 - 00:32
Status:fixed» closed

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

 
 

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