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forums spam attack

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From: Phillip Ball <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:45:00 -0800

For anyone who noticed, the Exponent Forums were hacked between sunday and tonight. I don;t think it was a hack, so much as a poor captcha system, along with the fact that email verification wasn't turned on.

Along with deleting some 50ish posts, removing all users signed up today and any with an unwelcome post, all the while learning how to administer phpbb a bit better, I seem to have resolved this for now.

If anyone would like to help out moderating, feel free to contact me. I'd love some help with it.

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Phillip Ball
Online Innovative Creations

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