Title: List Spammed
Last modified: July 13, 2017

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# List Spammed

 *  Resolved [jonrosling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonrosling/)
 * (@jonrosling)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-spammed/)
 * Have had the list set up and working find for about a month now, but starting
   Sunday the list was flooded with garbage signups. The data being sent is a first
   name, a random string of characters in the surname field and an email address
   which may or may not be authentic.
 * The data is processed by the database and the list extended with these names 
   but what is curious is that the attack is not being done from our website. We
   had something like a thousand list sign ups in 6 hours on Sunday but only a handful
   of visits to the website.
 * I turned the list off and stopped sign ups on Sunday evening but when I put it
   back on again the attack continued.
 * Anyone any ideas what could be going on? The website is [http://www.sheselectricmovie.com/](http://www.sheselectricmovie.com/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-spammed/#post-9316868)
 * I suggest you install the [recaptcha add-on.](https://xnau.com/product/re-captcha/)

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 * Last reply from: [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-spammed/#post-9316868)
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