Details
On September 13, 2024, spammers on the Matrix network began inviting users in Ubuntu-related rooms to a room containing illegal content. As of September 16, 2024, this incident is still ongoing.
Suggested actions for affected users
- Record the MXID of the user inviting you to the room (it will look like
@user:example.com) and report it in the #matrix-ops:ubuntu.com channel. - Reject the invite. If you can, set the user to be ignored also. (Element has a button, “Reject and ignore user”, which you should see in the room invite notification on Element Desktop. Similar functionality should exist in your Matrix client, you may have to use
/ignore @user:example.comfor this.) - Consider enabling automatic ignoring of known spammers. See Blocking invites of banned users for details.
- See Dealing with spam on Matrix | Ubuntu for more steps you can take to best combat spam.
Actions taken by Ubuntu Matrix Operators
- All known accounts used by the spammers have been banned from the Ubuntu Community.
- A homeserver being used for abuse has been identified and blocked from the Ubuntu Community.
- Additional tools to reduce the impact of similar incidents in the future is being investigated.