Bug #31738 MySQL Force Wiki defaced
Submitted: 21 Oct 2007 19:02 Modified: 20 Mar 2008 13:08
Reporter: Philip Stoev Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Websites: MySQLForge Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: Colin Charles CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: qc

[21 Oct 2007 19:02] Philip Stoev 
Description:
All internal pages of the Wiki have been defaced by a spamming bot that created numerous accounts.

How to repeat:
See this page http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Category:Perl

Suggested fix:
Install a better CAPTCHA
[22 Oct 2007 4:01] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Thank you for a problem report. I hope, it will be fixed ASAP.
[22 Oct 2007 13:32] Lenz Grimmer 
I've now re-enabled the reCaptcha plugin for the Forge MediaWiki. I hope it helps! We will also perform some SQL magic to kill most of the spam at once. I will ask Jay to take care of that.
[22 Oct 2007 13:32] Lenz Grimmer 
Jay, could you please do your magic once more? Thanks!
[3 Jan 2008 6:04] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Trudy,

We do not have Lead for this category, yet.
[16 Jan 2008 2:07] Colin Charles 
We've removed the spam, and the captcha is now installed/enabled. Keeping open, as we want to also ensure this is working in forge 2.0
[20 Mar 2008 13:08] Jay Pipes 
New forge code and wiki protected by reCAPTCHA and anti-spam techniques.  This bug is being closed as it refers to the old forge wiki.  Going live with new forge today, so closing this.