We're getting spammed

[Busia]

Here we go again !

[jralbert]

Banished til the next time. Posts gone. I ran a "whois" check on the spammer who appears to be a Russian mischief maker. Somehow the guy is able to authorize himself to post. He must have cracked an admin's password. I will update mine and the other admins should do the same. Meanwhile, here are the results of the "whois" search (it's a way to see who operates which ip address)
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IP whois for 5.188.84.66
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% Information related to '5.188.84.0 - 5.188.84.255'

% Abuse contact for '5.188.84.0 - 5.188.84.255' is 'abuse@pinspb.ru'

inetnum: 5.188.84.0 - 5.188.84.255
netname: net44net90
country: RU
admin-c: KPN20-RIPE
tech-c: KPN20-RIPE
remarks: email: coloshi@yandex.ru
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: MNT-PINSUPPORT
created: 2019-08-06T09:17:14Z
last-modified: 2019-08-06T11:25:20Z
source: RIPE

person: Kupriyanov Pavel Nikolaevich
address: g. Vyksa, Nizhegorodskaya oblast'. ul. Lesnaya, d.25 str.2
phone: +79108916814
nic-hdl: KPN20-RIPE
mnt-by: MNT-PINSUPPORT
created: 2018-06-30T20:03:27Z
last-modified: 2018-06-30T20:03:27Z
source: RIPE

% Information related to '5.188.84.0/24AS34665'

route: 5.188.84.0/24
descr: PIN DC
origin: AS34665
mnt-by: MNT-PIN
mnt-by: MNT-PINSUPPORT
created: 2019-11-11T07:41:05Z
last-modified: 2019-11-11T07:41:05Z
source: RIPE

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[Busia]

Very interesting.

[GB49]

We have been having the same issue on an automotive forum I frequent. Spam postings mostly from Russia. I suspect its prime time for spammers since so many people are at home, surfing the web all day.