The following domain will be added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List with a "Silence" (aka "Limit") recommendation on Mon Jun 8, 2026
zirk.us
Although there are a number of authentic accounts active, the service is overrun by a known botnet. Reports and repeated attempts to contact the service operators since Apr 10 have gone unanswered, the admin account has not been seen since Jan 2025.
ref: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Admin_DomainBlock/#severity
The following domains have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain Denylist
closednetwork.social
mstdn.at
paxation.info
sigmoid.social
Notes: open registration; no authentic human activity on timeline; overrun with FIMI bot posting; DMs, Emails and all outreach unresponsive for three weeks or more.
#SPAM #FIMI #CIB #Disinformation
https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
The following domain(s) are entering the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain (AUD) review process:
mstdn.at
paxation.info
sigmoid.social
zirk.us
These nodes are open registration, are being used by coordinated botnets, and are unresponsive to reports, DMs, and Email communications.
If you have contacts at any of these services, please reach out and let them know we have been trying to contact them for three weeks.
https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
The following domain has been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain Denylist
802.3ether.net
Notes: Dedicated spam operation generating 1,800+ daily posts to drive traffic to an adware-laden ad farm (yna.co.kr).
See https://about.iftas.org/library/known-spam-fediverse-services/ for more information on known spam services.
The following domain(s) are entering the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain (AUD) review process:
mastodon[.]economiasocial[.]org
Over the past weeks we have reported a cluster of automated spam accounts and reached out to the admin via DM with no response, the listed email contact is non-functional.
Learn more about our process: https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
The following domain has been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain Denylist
social.sengeis.priv.at
Service uses outdated v4.0.2 Mastodon, and hosts only inauthentic bots. No admin account or contact details are published.
The following domain has been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List
computational.agency
Service uses outdated v3.3.0 Mastodon, and hosts only inauthentic bots. No admin details or contact details are published.
https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
Previously-federating domain
chinanews[.]social
is no longer an ActivityPub service, and is now serving auto-downloaded malware.
Last observed federation was 2026-01-29
Database purge of cached posts may be appropriate to reduce serving links to this exposed domain.
The following domain(s) are being escalated to the Abandoned/Unmanaged Denylist (AUD) review process:
sigmoid.social
More about AUD: https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/
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