OVER 2000 FOLLOWERS LOST: There may've been an organised #cyberAttack on the #deCloudflare service, "#altLink".
It recently underwent changes and needed a new instance to change its name to MitiGator. Why change instances? The previous instance, mamot.fr, had #closedRegistrations.
The new, chosen instance may have lured the service to gain follower data and/or destroy the service.
May be a case of #chooseYourInstanceWisely but we're investigating.
EVOLVING STORY: There may've been an organised #cyberAttack on the #deCloudflare service, "#altLink".
It recently underwent changes and needed a new instance to change its name to MitiGator. Why the need to change instances? Well, mamot.fr have #closedRegistrations for new accounts. The new, chosen instance may have lured them to gain follower data and/or destroy the service.
It could be a case of #chooseYourInstanceWisely, but we are investigating.
More soon.
I'm considering moving to a different instance (sadly, a majority Japanese local timeline is not useful for me) but also having my mastodon persona be less like my IRL persona and not obviously associated with my IRL name.
So where does a fella go to get a great mix of queer and tech geek folks with a timeline that's dominated by English? (I read French and German OK too)
#meta #instance #instancerecommendation
#chooseyourinstancewisely
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