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Old 23-02-2007, 12:19 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Edward Longshanks
Anthony: I must confess to being something of a computer illiterate so please can you tell me how this sort of thing manages to get through your safeguards like a firewall/spam blocker etc. The BNP site has been hacked into several times as well and those seemed to be very professional and dare I say it government inspired. Are UKIP under attack in this fashion or is it a computer nerd?
The problem is a silly technical one. Spammers have auto-posting software that targets very specific areas of forums. In this case it is the "shout boxes" in the blogs. Over a period of time a very large number of spam adverts had built up in the database.
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