Hackers/spam

[teddyd]

My goodness over 30 posts. I presume from hackers or fake profiles. I know the moderators were dealing with the posts and asking HealthUnlocked to look into it them. Unfortunately it looks like the hackers have upped their game.

[Petrina_gmfc]

Are you ok

[teddyd in reply to Petrina_gmfc]

Yes I am fine. These all these post on the forum are crazy and frustrating

[Petrina_gmfc in reply to teddyd]

Have you been hacked

[teddyd in reply to Petrina_gmfc]

No it all the post on this forum that seem very weird,

[Petrina_gmfc in reply to teddyd]

O right I have just noticed that

[peege]

These are spam. You're only likely to be hacked if you open the posts and click on any included link. I agree, they are a bit of a nuisance

[Patk1]

Have I missed them or is it the Chinese ones x

[teddyd in reply to Patk1]

30 Chinese ones

[Patk1 in reply to teddyd]

Gd grief! I only saw 2 x

[Poobah]

There's more this morning (20th July). I've reported them all.

[teddyd in reply to Poobah]

Thanks, they certainly are persistent .

[Poobah in reply to teddyd]

Another load just hit. All reported.

[Shogi in reply to Poobah]

I just realised I’d not had any e-mails from the forum for weeks (sadly still too ill to notice just now) and when I tried to reconnect, I just saw lots of “posts” in Chinese. I did not click on them. Hope my e-mail has been reset to receive updates! When did the Spam start?

[Poobah in reply to Shogi]

The spam isn't daily but has occurred over the last month or so.

[Shogi in reply to Poobah]

Thanks Poobah. The Forum mails are coming back in now that I changed it to my other e-mail address. I’ve not been hacked. I always delete, report and block anything uninvited - calls and texts too. Thought I’d check this morning as I’d had no e-mails from here for several weeks.

Have a good day 🤗

[Poobah in reply to Shogi]

It sounds like you're on top of things and take the necessary precautions. I never opened any of the spam posts, so have no idea if they contained links, which are the potential danger as they could lead to people downloading malware if clicked. Sometimes spam is just fired out onto websites to slow them down. And it could be bad actors trying out the digital security of websites.

Hope you have a good day too. 😊

[CANINE12]

45 posts this morning. 😳 Thank you in advance to the moderators who remove the annoying posts.