Forum:CHB Wiki 2013 Vandal Massacre

The CHB Wiki 2013 Vandal Massacre started at 8:22 pm EST on February First, 2013, and continued until 8:28 of the same night. More than 60 pages were vandalized in a spambot attack. VGFsirius and Sonofneptune101 both reported it to HermioneChase. VGFsirius reported IP addresses to HC, while simultaneously reverting 39 times, and undoing one. I cannot speak for how many edits were reverted by Nep or Dark

Here is a list of many of the culprits (23/26) Special:Contributions/89.28.65.55 Special:Contributions/42.62.5.211 Special:Contributions/89.134.52.30 Special:Contributions/201.218.63.4 Special:Contributions/91.185.40.238 Special:Contributions/95.79.55.210 Special:Contributions/89.103.170.63 Special:Contributions/211.221.246.37 Special:Contributions/188.129.101.147 Special:Contributions/190.200.119.184 Special:Contributions/190.75.65.52 Special:Contributions/91.219.99.9 Special:Contributions/87.248.191.118 Special:Contributions/82.140.127.202 Special:Contributions/41.129.24.80 Special:Contributions/200.109.228.67 Special:Contributions/213.154.203.148 Special:Contributions/187.44.13.91 Special:Contributions/82.200.236.50 Special:Contributions/190.85.133.162 Special:Contributions/94.180.118.34 Special:Contributions/46.252.244.178 Special:Contributions/195.78.232.214

Special:Contributions/42.62.5.211 was the most prolific of the spam bots. Sactage of the VSTF showed up on chat at 9:58 EST, after disabling our code that disallows users with few edits to get on chat. With the permission of HC, he changed it to allow staff and VSTF in. Sactage:As I'm sure you noticed, your wiki was just attacked by a few spambots/ I've locked down editing by anonymous users for the next 12 hours/If they come back after that period, please do not hesitate to contact the VSTF so we can do something/http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/w:Help:VSTF (chat log avaiable of the whole event availbe on request from VGFsirius.) I think discussing what we can do to prevent or minimize this in the future. I'll be happy to answer any questions. --Vgfsirius (talk &bull; contribs) 04:57, February 2, 2013 (UTC)