Remember
the ua-fediland.de situation?
Apparently, there are attempts at hijacking another #
Ukrainian #
Mastodon #
instance, this time social.mykolayiv.dcomm.net.ua.
The MO is similar: The #
trolls try to establish contact to as many random #
Fediverse users as possible and use these contacts to antagonise #
Ukraine. The difference this time is that public access to the profiles of all accounts is blocked. This makes trolls easy to detect:
If you can't access their profile, block them.The admin, @
InsiderUA, is aware of the situation and taking countermeasures already. However, part of the trolling tactics is to create new accounts and dynamite-fish for contacts when nobody is there to moderate.
Again, I advise against defederating the instance. This exactly is the attackers' goal. Don't give them what they want!See also here:
https://social.mykolayiv.dcomm.net.ua/@insiderua/109914368420006735 https://social.mykolayiv.dcomm.net.ua/@insiderua/109914493239888015 https://social.mykolayiv.dcomm.net.ua/@insiderua/109916037663658127
