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Eugen Rochko

Detected a high number of idle sign-ups with uniform usernames since yesterday, all with e-mail ending in 2nd.world. Website of 2nd.world looks like FastMail's design, links don't lead anywhere. Suspecting phishing site / spam farm. Suspending the accounts.

@Gargron Are you getting any of these random alphanumeric usernames that never confirm? I'm assuming the email addresses are farmed from leaks.

@rodti Their usernames are [random first name][random last name], and their e-mails are [different random first name].[different random last name][4 random digits]@2nd.world

@Gargron Haven't got those yet. I get these with legit looking email addresses from different providers. Although they never confirm, so clearly farmed emails.

@rodti @Gargron Those might be external, rather than actual signups. Might be worth looking into, though

@blake @Gargron Definitely all locally signed up users. I've been seeing a handful of these a day for weeks. I just suspend them but it could be a real problem if the volume increased. All appear to be unique IPs