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Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities

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Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities

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Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities | TechCrunch

A spam attack that impacted the open source X rival Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web, also known as the

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So I assume this attack was reported by the perpetrators, as spam on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are far far worse problems.

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