bot attack!

[alantani]

i am getting up to a hundred bogus registration attempts an hour.  i've been banning individual ip address, email address and log in names as fast as i can.  i also changed the number of challenge questions from one to five.  this will only work for a bit.  for those of you that are trying to register, you will find all the answers you need on the front page.  sorry for the hassle.   

[alantani]

crud.  32 bogus attempts in the last 8 minutes.   

[RiverAngler]

Hang in there, Boss!

[HOLEINTHEWATER]

MY LAKE POWELL SITE WAYNESWORDS GOT HACKED AND KILLED. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A NEW SIGHT GOING.

[Tiddlerbasher]

nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi

[thorhammer]

nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi
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my favorite saying

[Decker]

nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi

Amen!

[alantani]

over 500 bogus log in attempts last night, all blocked. 

[Shark Hunter]

You keep a knockin' but you can't come in.

[swill88]

What are the bot's bogus registrations attempting to gain?

[alantani]

they want the email list, and would love to get an admin password and hold this place hostage.  they could also flood this place with ads.  i saw it on another site that was dying because the owner didn't want to maintain it.  very sad.

[swill88]

Alan, if you can delegate any of the defense work I'll volunteer.

I'm a pretty good blocker

[Cortez_Conversions]

Ransomware.
They hack in and encrypt data. Then send a link for payment.

[alantani]

450 bogus attempts in the last 8 hours.  now that you have to answer five challenge questions, none of them are getting through. 

[Dominick]

Is one of the questions "are you a robot"?  Those lying robots will never admit to that.    If there is anything I can do while you are gone just let me know.  Dominick