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Tactics·Aug 25, 2026

BugSmash blocks gambling site after receiving 37.1M requests in 24 hours

Tactics · Reddit · stat: 37.1M BugSmash suffered server outages after a user abused its new "drop" hosting feature to deploy a live gambling site. The exploit forced the team to block the project and…

Tactics · Reddit · stat: 37.1M

BugSmash suffered server outages after a user abused its new "drop" hosting feature to deploy a live gambling site. The exploit forced the team to block the project and implement pre-upload verification checks, but only after the site racked up 37.1 million requests in 24 hours.

Unrestricted file-drop features are an instant magnet for bad actors Founders launching quick-hosting tools must implement rate limits and content scanning on day one to prevent catastrophic infrastructure bills.

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  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1vq2kf4/371m_requests_in_24_hours_blocked/

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