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Blatant By-line Bio Theft: AGAIN!!!!

I brought this issue to your attention on April 10th when one of my bio entries had its by-line altered to 'anonymous' by a malicious troll. I received the message from Maya: @janusminoa- Thank you for reporting and providing further information! Upon reviewing, further actions have been taken to prevent incorrect modifications. Alas, yet again, I have been targeted, presumably by the same vandal. The following two by-lines of bios previously submitted by me were altered during the last 24 hours (Note: NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE OTHER THAN THE BY-LINE!): Producer Charles H. Schneer (nm0773677), originally submitted 2012-09-12 03:10:24 (120912-031024-034000) and director Clarence G. Badger (nm0046082) originally submitted 2012-09-05 06:06:20 (120905-060620-775000). This continues to be an ongoing problem, despite repeated assurances from staff that the practice of stealing by-lines has been stopped. Below copies of the last paragraph of each bio as it read this morning. I have since reclaimed my authorship of the items. Schneer retired in the 1980's, once stop-motion work had been somewhat superseded by cheaper computer-generated special effects. He continued to reside at his Holland Park home in West London until returning to the United States just three years prior to his death in 2005. - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous In 1935, he moved out of his Spanish colonial-style mansion in the Hollywood Hills and emigrated to Australia a year later. Except for a couple of independently produced melodramas filmed in New South Wales, Clarence Badger spent the remainder of his life in happy retirement. - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous I would REALLY appreciate if this problem could be resolved once and for all. Regards

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P.S.: I am horrified to notice, that ALMOST ALL of the contributors on the Hall of Fame Homepage for Bios have also been targeted by the same troll (also very recently), having bio authorship for submissions stolen by this despicable individual. This is clearly unacceptable!!!

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I have had to recover more than 50 bios thus far which had my author credit altered to 'anonymous'. Since many of the same people have been removed multiple times, I am beginning to wonder whether A.) IMDB have been hacked or b.) AI gone nuts or c.) it is still a malicious troll (or several) with a grudge. IMDB staff, please do something about this URGENTLY!!!!!!

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Hi janusminoa- Thank you for reporting. I've forwarded this information to the appropriate team for further investigation (Ref Ticket #V1917826412). We'll reply once we receive further information. Cheers!

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Hi Maya, I have lost (to date) 38 bios which have had my author credit replaced with "Anonymous"! I believe that ALL other major bio contributors have been similarly affected.

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Hello again Maya, this is ongoing still. I have lost another five of my bio credits just in the last hour (now 43 in total and counting). At this rate, 'Anonymous' will become the only bio contributor in existence!

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These depredations continue unabated. Bio contributors have now collectively lost HUNDREDS of author credits for their work. I hope that a positive outcome on this is imminent!

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Hi janusminoa, Thank you for your further reports. Our team have identified the source of this problem, and are deploying a fix to mitigate the issue. This will likely go into effect in the next 24-36 hours. However, I will confirm this with you via this thread once the fix is deployed. Thank you for your patience in the meantime!

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I would love to know whether this was a virus, malware, AI or a malicious team of hackers! Thanks for the update. Regards

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Hi janusminoa, I can confirm all of your mini-bio by-lines have now been restored, and going forward you should not experience such a widespread issue such as this. I cannot divulge the specifics of the issue itself, only that it was a technical system issue. I hope this helps!

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It certainly does. Many thanks - not just from me, but on behalf of all the bio contributors who have been affected! Best Regards