nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqkg576mufmgmhcz3nqwgmm29yun7ymv3xq2urn9560mef5xdjlj9q0nlknr (nprofile…lknr) Yep another Russian disinfo bot. thanks for the report.
I figured out how they're getting in. I left the Invitation feature of Mastodon on - any member could invite any other member. Once one bot got in they invited many others. I've disabled the invitation feature - alas - and I'm deleting the bots as fast as I can.
Chief TWiT :twit:
npub1fq…duuqz
2026-05-17 16:23:55 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…kmlh
Author Public Key
npub1fq5ptjgxc62x50zzrgepactl6v7rmlta9yranz8ax209rn6et6jsxduuqzSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-05-17 16:23:55 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqkg576mufmgmhcz3nqwgmm29yun7ymv3xq2urn9560mef5xdjlj9q0nlknr Yep another Russian disinfo bot. thanks for the report.\n\nI figured out how they're getting in. I left the Invitation feature of Mastodon on - any member could invite any other member. Once one bot got in they invited many others. I've disabled the invitation feature - alas - and I'm deleting the bots as fast as I can.",
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