i have been notified by a security company that there are "hackers" paying to people to register on forums with vbulletin (all version) being one of the major targets.. real people register several accounts (depending on the size of the forum) and a few days later (probably) some bot starts replying to random posts with links.. or they reply with a generic "thank you" or "interesting" and have links in their signature.. i had a lot of problem with those in the last few days.. banning solved the issue but my board is pretty small..
i know this doesn't really help but at least you know what's going on.. i'm not sure about laws governing this kind of attacks and would be really glad if someone could say a word about that so i know where to report the spammers..
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