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Some kind of IRC attack?

by Ian Omroth Hardingham · in General Discussion · 07/17/2008 (5:43 am) · 2 replies

Hey guys.

Three avatars joined #garagegames (and #determinance) today, all from the same IP but with different names:

sandra_f is ~sandra_f@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 35 F 
sandra_f on #garagegames #determinance 
sandra_f using mgo2.maxgaming.net MGOirc Server
sandra_f has been idle 1min 22secs, signed on Thu Jul 17 11:30:58
sandra_f End of /WHOIS list.
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jennyf was ~jennyf@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 35 F 
jennyf using mgo2.maxgaming.net Thu Jul 17 04:44:19 2008
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jennyf was ~jennyf@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 35 F 
jennyf using mgo2.maxgaming.net Thu Jul 17 03:56:31 2008
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jennyf was ~jennyf@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 35 F 
jennyf using mgo2.maxgaming.net Wed Jul 16 21:57:26 2008
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olgagirl was ~olgagirl@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 20 F 
olgagirl using mgo2.maxgaming.net Thu Jul 17 05:33:12 2008
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olgagirl was ~olgagirl@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 20 F 
olgagirl using mgo2.maxgaming.net Thu Jul 17 05:30:31 2008
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olgagirl was ~olgagirl@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 20 F 
olgagirl using mgo2.maxgaming.net Wed Jul 16 21:29:21 2008
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olgagirl was ~olgagirl@ANantes-257-1-8-146.w90-31.abo.wanadoo.fr * 20 F 
olgagirl using mgo2.maxgaming.net Wed Jul 16 16:55:30 2008

Is this some kind of new spam attacking? Does anyone know what's going on?

Ian

#1
07/17/2008 (8:07 am)
We noticed this last week actually. The Bots appear to just join random channels and sit in them for a while before leaving. Not entirely sure what the motive is but for the time being its harmless, but feel free to give them a healthy boot out of your channel :)
#2
07/17/2008 (3:13 pm)
Someone playing with a small botnet? Some botnets do use IRC bots as remote controls for their zombies... Just a thought :)