Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
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There's a new spam wave, messages with lots of names and a link. Here's what to do:

1. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK IN THE SPAM
2. Click ⋯ on the spam post, then "report", and then follow the instructions. If you are given an option to forward the report anonymously, use it, because forwarded reports help cut off the spam at source.
3. Spam seems to be via account takeovers. To prevent this, use a unique password and consider using "two factor authentication" (more info at
https://fedi.tips/using-two-factor-authentication-2fa-on-mastodon )

Maj - 🇨🇦🇨🇦
@maj@cosocial.ca
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services uh what if you clicked the link? Asking for a friend...


Fedi.Tips
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@maj@cosocial.ca

Typically spam waves have several different links to make it difficult to moderate them, but it never leads to anything good and at worst it may lead to malware.

At least one person on here posted that it led to malware, but I can't verify this.