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Uceprotect accused of extortion; Gitframes project shared

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A user on Mastodon reported that Uceprotect, a security service, is allegedly extorting website owners by listing their IP addresses on its Level 3 blocklist. The user discovered their website was blocked by Orange's security filters due to an IP address listing on Uceprotect. Separately, a GitHub repository named Gitframes was shared, with its article and comments linked. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a user complaint about a security service and a link to a GitHub repository, neither of which constitutes significant news.

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Uceprotect accused of extortion; Gitframes project shared

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COVERAGE [2]

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

    Tell HN: Uceprotect is extorting website owners I recently discovered by accident that our website was being blocked by Orange's security filters. After a quick

    Tell HN: Uceprotect is extorting website owners I recently discovered by accident that our website was being blocked by Orange's security filters. After a quick check, I found that our IP address is listed on UCEPROTECT Level 3. The listing is based on the reputation… https:// ne…

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

    Gitframes Article URL: https:// github.com/gatewai-dev/gitfram es Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9964265 Points: 5 # Comments: 4 https://

    Gitframes Article URL: https:// github.com/gatewai-dev/gitfram es Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9964265 Points: 5 # Comments: 4 https:// github.com/gatewai-dev/gitfram es # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Gadgets # Software # Cybersecurity # Apple # Go…

    LINKS github.com/…/gitframes

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