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  • 1.  Spammed by Lil Durk - Malware?

    Posted Mon August 22, 2022 08:59 AM
    Just FYI - I received 6 emails from "Lil Durk via IBM Community" on August 22, 2022 between 1:05AM (ET) and 1:12AM (ET).

    Apparently, the real Lil Durk is a rapper. One of the links is https://lildurk.com, which is not the rapper's website. Whois shows the website hosting company being in Reykjavik. They also have an IBM Community link to .../community/users/network/members/profile/myaccount/inbox. To my knowledge, I'm not a member of this group.

    I've never been spammed from the IBM Community site like this, so I thought I'd pass it along. And no, I'm not clicking on the links.

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    John Tyson
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  • 2.  RE: Spammed by Lil Durk - Malware?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon August 22, 2022 09:34 AM

    Yes, I'm being spammed as well.
    There's no "Signal this message" or "Mark as Spam" in Community email.

    I'm afraid "security by obscurity" doesn't work anymore for IBM Community.



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    Jack Woehr
    IBM Champion 2021 -2022
    IBM Qiskit Advocate
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  • 3.  RE: Spammed by Lil Durk - Malware?

    Community Leadership
    Posted Mon August 22, 2022 09:57 AM
    Thanks for alerting us, we'll look into it right away.

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    Tim Bonnemann
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  • 4.  RE: Spammed by Lil Durk - Malware?

    Community Leadership
    Posted Thu April 13, 2023 03:01 PM
    Thanks again for alerting us to this issue. Protecting our community from bad actors is a top priority to us, and while our teams do a lot of work in the background every day to ensure things go smoothly, sometimes new spam incidents pop up.

    We wanted to share a quick update:

    • The user who originally sent these spam messages has been deactivated.
    • Since then, additional user profiles have been discovered that have been sending the same spam message. These are also in the process of being deactivated.
    • The affected recipients of these spam messages have been identified.
    • The spam messages will be removed from their inboxes shortly.
    • An analysis of what if any safeguards will need to be updated will follow.
    • In addition, we have temporarily suspended everyone's ability to send direct messages.
    Reminder: If you received a suspicious direct message, please do not click on any of the links it may contain.

    Thank for your patience!

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    Tim Bonnemann
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