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We reached into the IFTTT cookie jar in search of botnets, and did not return empty handed. To start out, we grabbed the most recent 100K tweets without links sent via IFTTT. #SundaySpam

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source:IFTTT -filter:links exclude:retweets

cc: @ZellaQuixote
@ZellaQuixote Next, we looked at the creation dates of the 17479 accounts that sent the tweets in question. We analyzed the three largest spikes in new account creations:

1) April 26th - 27th 2017
2) September 9th - 21st 2017
3) January 23rd - 28th 2019
@ZellaQuixote The first spike (April 2017) is a network of 52 Korean-language IFTTT bots. All 52 operate on identical scheduls and have names consisting of 4 digits, followed by 4 letters, followed by 4 digits, followed by 2 letters, and finally followed by a "1". 50 of 52 have female avatars.
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