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by hipsterstal1n 495 days ago
I got the spam message with racist words and then this email:

>Dear users,

>earlier today, you might have received a notification email from our systems that contained abusive and offending content, and we apologize for the disturbing message.

>Please understand that no data from our platform was leaked. The emails were generated from our servers due to the notification settings of your user account, which is set to generate a notification whenever someone mentions your username in a conversation. The abuser had no access to your email address and was only using public information from our platform to abuse the notification feature.

>We have published a more detailed statement and explanations about the incident on our blog: https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-ha...

>Thank you for your understanding and stay safe. We are currently working to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

>Kind Regards >Your team from Codeberg e.V.