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Hundreds of 'black Hat' English Wikipedia Accounts Blocked Following Investigation

By Wikimedia
September 2, 2015
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Black hat accounts, English Wikipedia — Hundreds of "black hat" accounts on English Wikipedia were found to be connected during the investigation. The usernames (green) and IP addresses (yellow) have been removed from the image.

Credit: James Alexander

After weeks of investigation, volunteer editors on English Wikipedia announced that they blocked 381 user accounts for "black hat" editing.

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