Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social

3/3/2026, 4:22:26 PM

Public

I see it is Digital Ocean hosted mass SSH brute force attempts o'clock. Again. Unlike the usual brute forcers, these people don't give up when they're blocked, they keep on hammering.

I'm looking forward to Ubuntu 26.04, when we will have PerSourcePenalties in SSHD and these people will go away or at least have a much harder time filling our logs with as much junk. (Since they'll be much less successful, hopefully they'll go away.)

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