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[spam report] question 163633 comment spam, Xavier Dymanz's account hijacked

Asked by Eliah Kagan

The user Xavier Dymanz (https://launchpad.net/~xavier-dymanz) was a legitimate user of Launchpad, but his account was apparently hijacked recently. The comment he posted about 14 hours ago in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+question/163633 (post #2) was spam.

The immediately subsequent post (post #3) quotes post #2 in its entirety, and does so in such a way as to suggest that the link might pertain to some technical support issue. Therefore, perhaps this post should be hidden/deleted or edited as well. (However, there is no reason to think that the user who posted post #3 is a spammer or has a hijacked account.)

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Aaron Bentley (abentley) said : 		#1

There are no posts by Xavier Dymanz on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/761830

Did you mistype the URL?

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#2

I apologize. I did paste the wrong URL. In fact, no bug page is involved here. The question page that contains the spam is https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+question/163633. (I am also editing this question description, to reflect this.)

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Max Bowsher (maxb) said : 		#3

Done

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#4

Thanks Max Bowsher, that solved my question.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#5

Additional link spam has been posted from Xavier Dymanz's account in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+question/163633 (post #5, from about 2 hours ago).

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#6

And again, about 6 hours ago (post #6).

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Max Bowsher (maxb) said : 		#7

Hidden, leaving question open for a Canonical staff member to start "You need to secure your computer or we will be forced to suspend your account" proceedings on Monday.

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Benji York (benji) said : 		#8

I've sent the user a message about securing their email.

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Benji York (benji) said : 		#9

Setting to "open" status as I inadvertently clicked "Add Information Request" and I can't change the status with out a message.

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Best Benji York (benji) said : 		#10

After having received no response from the user for 48 hours, I've suspended the account.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#11

Thanks Benji York, that solved my question.