Title: Security Issues with CleanTalk
Last modified: May 23, 2020

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# Security Issues with CleanTalk

 *  Resolved [T4G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tips4gamers/)
 * (@tips4gamers)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-with-cleantalk/)
 * Hi,
 * Today, on the 23rd, there were two separate emails used to register to our site,
   and both of them were the same bot/person. It was the same bot because their 
   registration was 8 minutes apart from each other, they had the same first and
   last name, and had a very similar username (the last two characters were different).
 * One of those emails were marked as spam via Cleantalk almost 10 days before the
   spammer registered to our site. Somehow they bypassed your plugin and our Google
   reCAPTCHA. Your plugin approved the spammer and the spam account spammed our 
   users. However, the spammer was denied to post anymore by your plugin “*** Forbidden.
   You sent forms too often. Please wait a few minutes. Contains contacts. ***”.
 * We have never had an issue like this when using your plugin. No spam has ever
   gotten through. A bot/spammer has never been able to bypass your plugin via our
   site, so there seems to be something wrong and we needed to let you know! Not
   sure if there is some sort of security issue involving the latest update but 
   it needs to be addressed.
 * Best regards,
 * J
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [T4G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tips4gamers/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsecurity-issues-with-cleantalk%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [amagsumov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amagsumov/)
 * (@amagsumov)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-with-cleantalk/#post-12881164)
 * Hello, [@tips4gamers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tips4gamers/)
 * We need your personal data to resolve this issue.
 * Please, copy-paste your question here in our private Ticket System:
    [https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open](https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open)
 *  Thread Starter [T4G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tips4gamers/)
 * (@tips4gamers)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-with-cleantalk/#post-12881423)
 * They have resolved my issue.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/cleantalk-spam-protect/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3539767)
 * [CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/)
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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [T4G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tips4gamers/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-with-cleantalk/#post-12881423)
 * Status: resolved