A few days ago, I observed an immense wave of spam accounts flooding the Hive ecosystem, blatantly copying older content from genuine users and reposting it as if it were fresh, original material. This wasn't an isolated incident in a single community; rather, it spanned across numerous communities within Hive, where stolen content was repackaged and posted in a coordinated attempt to rake in rewards as if it were new, valuable contributions. This surge of fraudulent activity didn’t go unnoticed, and @hivewatchers quickly uncovered a pattern: approximately 17,400 accounts involved in this scheme, predominantly linked to the Splinterlands ecosystem, either actively or historically.