[tor-relays] Massive ongoing google groups spamming

[tor-admin <tor-admin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

there is a massive spamming of google groups ongoing. I received several 
complains as below. From the domain list it seems that all major Tor exit 
nodes are affected.

Running an Exit without custom WHOIS, all abuse message are received by my 
ISP and forwarded. So I have to temporarily ban google groups. How do other 
operators deal with this?

Regards,
Torland

"This is some voluminous, off-topic flooding and harassment on the
ba.broadcast Usenet newsgroup.  It is being reported to abuse reporting
mailboxes based on the contents of the NNTP-Posting-Host: and
X-Complaints-To: headers, and lookup of the originating IP address via
WHOIS and the Network Abuse Clearinghouse.  They are sometimes also
crossposted to unrelated newsgroups such as rec.arts.tv,
soc.culture.new-zealand, and several other newsgroups in the nz.*
hierarchy.  It is disruptive, and completely off-topic, as well as
causing disruptive, cascaded flame wars among those unrelated
newsgroups.

This user has also been posting from other sources, including 100tb.com,
51.net, 62.net, all.de, bahnhof.se, bayern.de, boingboing.net,
broadviewnet.net, ccc.de, formlessnetworking.net, hessmo.com,
noisetor.net, oceanic.net, plebia.org, privacyrepublic.org, riseup.net,
ru.is, sbcglobal.net, servers.com, snydernet.net, solidonetworks.com,
stanford.edu, stargrave.org, torland.me, torservers.net, dmzglobal.com,
telstraclear.net, xtra.co.nz, clear.net.nz, orcon.net.nz,
netgate.net.nz, freeparking.co.nz, powerusenet.com, giganews.com,
thundernews.com, altopia.com, comcast.net, groups.google.com, and
tigerusenet.com.  It appears that you are merely the latest of his
victims.

The charter of ba.broadcast is as follows:

"This group is here for discussions, comments and program reminders
about broadcast media in the San Francisco Bay Area, both radio and
television.  It also includes cable systems and TVRO/BCRO in the SF Bay
Area.  It does not include scanner, ham radio or other action here in
the SF Bay Area; these may be addressed in another newsgroup at another
time.  Issues of national interest should be posted to one of the groups
in rec.arts.tv or rec.radio."

(see: 
http://groups.google.com/group/ba.broadcast/browse_thread/thread/ddfbd8175e26286e/d8f642f8a1fc5f42)

The charter does not include sexual innuendo and libel, abusive threats,
bigotry and minority bashing, or any off-topic discussion of subjects
not reasonably related to broadcasting in the Bay Area, which now
consitute the overwhelming majority of current message traffic on
ba.broadcast, to the detriment and exclusion of on-topic participation
by others.

Please take appropriate action to put a stop this this misbehavior
originating from your site that is disrupting ba.broadcast.

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