Forse i numeri incredibili di nuove iscrizioni che abbiamo visto su

https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse

sono un po esagerati.

Pare che, sulle ali dell’entusiasmo, molti neo amministratori di server lemmy, abbiano lasciato le iscrizioni aperte senza captcha e verifica dell’email.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/177673

Today, a bunch of new instances appeared in the top of the user count list. It appears that these instances are all being bombarded by bot sign-ups.

For now, it seems that the bots are especially targeting instances that have:

• Open sign-ups
• No captcha
• No e-mail verification

I have put together a spreadsheet of some of the most suspicious cases here.

If this is affecting you, I would highly recommend considering one of the following options:

1. Close sign-ups entirely
2. Only allow sign-ups with applications
3. Enable e-mail verification + captcha for sign-ups

Additionally, I would recommend pre-emptively banning as many bot accounts as possible, before they start posting spam!

Please comment below if you have any questions or anything useful to add.