2026-05-21 15:57 UTC
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @Nonilex@masto.ai
1. Maybe they spent less money attacking Mastodon. I have no idea.
2. https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app/post/3mjg52nusg226 (and the actual lede of the story in the NYT)
3. Different networks, different pain points. The exact same APT is attacking Mastodon and having a far more successful time of it. It's not being reported because unlike influential accounts being hijacked, a paltry few thousand fake Mastodon accounts spewing propaganda is not considered newsworthy.
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@mike@thecanadian.social 2026-05-21 16:01
@jaz@toot.wales @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @Nonilex@masto.ai Mastodons distributed nature limits the reach of the spam bots and distributed administration seems to deal with the issue more effectively, although it's still a huge problem.
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@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online 2026-05-21 16:58
@jaz@toot.wales @Nonilex@masto.ai When they talk about compromised accounts it does not seem like this is from phishing. It seems like the attackers are exploiting some vulnerability to take the accounts. It is not entirely clear from the reporting.