August 2019 "We turned it on temporarily because HN was under attack by an account-stealing botnet. Obviously we don't leave it on any longer than we have to. W

August 2019 "We turned it on temporarily because HN was under attack by an account-stealing botnet. Obviously we don't leave it on any longer than we have to. We also are happy to put anyone's username on a whitelist, as the people who emailed us found out." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20783482 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20783482