2026-02-11 14:35 UTC
@osm_tech someone from WMF told me that they have scrapers from the same IP downloading their *monthly* compressed file every *minute*. The scrapers, besides being malicious, are also often very dumb.
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@corbet@social.kernel.org 2026-02-11 14:51
@luis_in_brief @osm_tech We (LWN) have seen attacks from over one-million IP addresses over the course of a few hours, repeatedly downloading stuff we published 20 years ago. Who knows, maybe somebody will go back in time and change Darl McBride's mind, so you gotta keep checking...