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EvilCorps bots KimiBot and QuelBot target Nextcloud server

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EvilCorps bots, identified as KimiBot and QuelBot from Cohere.ai, have attempted to scrape and log into a Nextcloud server. The bots ignored the robots.txt disallow rule, but login attempts were unsuccessful. The server administrator expressed strong negative sentiment towards the entities involved. AI

RANK_REASON The item describes bots from a company attempting to scrape a server, which is not a significant industry event but rather a security incident.

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EvilCorps bots KimiBot and QuelBot target Nextcloud server

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    So, the EvilCorps bots have got round to attempting to scrape and also login to my Nextcloud server. Thus far it's been: Cohere.ai KimiBot QuelBot The wildcard

    So, the EvilCorps bots have got round to attempting to scrape and also login to my Nextcloud server. Thus far it's been: Cohere.ai KimiBot QuelBot The wildcard robots.txt disallow rule obviously ignored so have added each individually. The attempted logins failed but who knows wh…

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