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So these 'bad actors' are they just out to find a way to DoS your service or do they have some other motive for forging millions of requests. (I get that email

by jarym 6y ago

So these 'bad actors' are they just out to find a way to DoS your service or do they have some other motive for forging millions of requests. (I get that email sending is a target - that has been the case since forever - but I'm asking about 'what else'?)

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jdsalaro 6y ago
It varies: generating inconvenience(for fun or hate towards a particular service), spreading scam URLs(leveraging existing trust relationships), SEO and improving discoverability of their projects (porn, streaming of pirated content, etc) and many more.
jitbit 6y ago
Yes, they sure do have a motive - to send spam via a 3rd party service. Like in this case (GitLab) - create a fake "issue" with spammy links in it and then "notify" thousands of users. In our case - we are a helpdesk ticketing app, so bad actors sign up for a trial, then add "users" to their account and then, say, create "tickets" on users' behalf (customizing the email template by inserting spammy links).