Tag: spam

All the articles with the tag "spam".

• The [GitHub] Stars Are Better Off Without Us

  hrbrmstr · 21 Apr, 2026

  Six million fake GitHub stars. A marketplace selling VC-ready credibility for under $300. One automated blog that can't tell the difference. Third in the Starlog series.

• Starlog And The Case Of The Missing Issues And Owner

  hrbrmstr · 11 Apr, 2026

  The Starlog AI content spam campaign gets scrubbed: 383 GitHub issues vanish, the basicScandal account tied to Bishop Fox disappears, but the operation continues at a lower, harder-to-detect pace.

• Starlog And The Case Of The Missing 'LLM' Tag

  hrbrmstr · 4 Apr, 2026

  Dissecting Starlog's campaign: 383 automated GitHub issues in five days, surprisingly accurate AI-generated articles, and a backlink scheme targeting the infosec community.