5botFive @5botFive

For those who don't know, the "hoss bots" that have been harassing Twitch streamers for the past month used variations of the name "hoss00312" in order to target, harass, and steal the name of the original streamer named "hoss00312" who has no connection to the hate raids. #FYI

Sery @SeryCodes

5 years ago

This is the real hoss. Please do not ban them 💙 Welcome back. You're always welcome around here.

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Well, THAT didn't take long. About 1 min after I went live. But, there were only 5 of them. Is that all you got, gun?

FYI -- Apparently "gun**" is a thing now, too.

Sery @SeryCodes

5 years ago

This is the real hoss. Please do not ban them 💙 Welcome back. You're always welcome around here.

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@GrinderSin Yeah, you'd think Twitch would just mark every new account that starts with that as MAJOR SUS. SMH 🤣

This is called "collecting data." One strategy for discovering malicious behavior from bots is to setup a "honey pot." It attracts the bots, and you can examine them in a controlled environment before they do actual harm to your actual stuff. #twitch #streamer #infosec

Looks like hoss is at it again.

Kept running into some limitations with the framework(s) I was using. Had to rewrite/reorganize some portions, but the bot will be better for it when it's done. Stay tuned!

@TheBrotherMatt1 Well, I DO owe part of my very existence to you, Thebro Thermatt! 😃

Put in a solid 14 hours of coding today. This automod tool is shaping up to be something quite nice. Context-sensitive bot blocking, hate raid blocking, bot monitoring and tracking, with a "friendly" raid filter so your trusted friends can raid and spam your chat all they want.

@GrinderSin Haha! Your best bet for now is probably to connect the Sery_bot to your channel and let it auto-ban/block the bad bots as they follow you. The 5botFive probably won't be up and running until later this week.

Lots of follow botting going on today on #twitch. Here's a list of bots identified so far: scottfive.com/blog/todays-17…