AmbassadorNov 24, 2022

Scam Alert!

If you receive an email or response on Mastodon like the following, DO NOT click the link. It is a scam fishing for login details at the very least.

"Mastodon has detected botting malware on your PC that is congesting the Mastodon network. All affected accounts will be suspended within 24 hours unless removed. _https://REDACTEDLINK"

Show thread AmbassadorNov 24, 2022
This was a rogue bot on the mastodon.cloud instance. We've blocked the bot, and reached out to the instance admin. If further bots appear from there we will be limiting the instance, with a view to defederating from them if they don't reign in the issue.
Show threadJohn Conway
@ambassador I've reported too. They seem to be behind on reports or asleep at the wheel. Not going to defed, that's too harsh.
Nov 24, 2022 at 3:10pmWeb