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ioc.exchange
Languages English (en)
Users 27,711
Active users (last month) 983
Active users (last six months) 1,447
Characters per post (max) 11,000
Known instances 47,256
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Apr 12, 2026 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.6.0-alpha.6+glitch
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Unknown (this instance is not listed in the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact list), and its list of moderated instances is not accessible.
Most used hashtags (last week) catsofmastodon, caturday, BakeryTVShowsAndPlays, pruef, ImmatureSongOrPoem, AskACharacterAnything, arduino, screenshotsaturday, skateboarding, prosummit
Short description
INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE (IOC)
InfoSec Community within the Fediverse. Newbies, experts, gurus - Everyone is Welcome! Instance is supposed to be fast and secure.
Long description
Welcome to INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE (IOC)!

We are a community of InfoSec professionals, hackers and tinkerers. Feel free to join and hang out!

If you find any vulnerabilities, please report them to the admin (@jerry@infosec.exchange).
For moderation requests please contact our moderator @tellyworth@ioc.exchange.

Hosting

Instance is hosted in Germany - Local Laws apply!

Servers are hosted at Hetzner and hosting costs are around $300/month.
Media files are hosted in Backblaze and the costs are around $50/month. So in total our running costs are about $350/month. Please consider contributing through our crowdfunding page.

Warrant Canary (2025-11-05)

  • IOC[.]exchange has never turned over our encryption or authentication keys or our customers' encryption or authentication keys to anyone.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never installed any law enforcement software on our systems.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never provided any law enforcement organization a feed of our customers' content.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never provided logs to any law enforcement organization.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never modified customer content at the request of law enforcement or another third party.
  • IOC[.]exchange has never weakened, compromised, or subverted any of its encryption at the request of law enforcement or another third party.

This warrant canary is updated once a month.

Privacy

No matter what nationality you are, we happily remove your personal data from this instance - Just ask the admin!

Please also refer to our Privacy Policy.

Site usage by Children

Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, per the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) do not use this site.
Instance rules
  1. Be Nice!
  2. Mark sensitive content with a content warning.
  3. No Spam and No Advertisement. (Promoting your own work is fine.)
  4. No Hate Speech!
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Date of creation Apr 6, 2017 UTC
Display name Jerry 🦙💝🦙
Bio
Recovering CISO
May have an orchid problem
Bad photography
Worse dad jokes
The worst Infosec hot takes
Podcast: https://defensivesecurity.org
Blog: https://infosec.engineering
Twitter: @maliciouslink
https://Infosec.Exchange Admin
#infosec #security #cybersecurity #risk #fedi22
…and for fucks sake, be nice to each other. We are only here for a brief time. Make it enjoyable.

To help support the costs associated with running this instance, please consider donating. You can set up recurring donations here:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange

Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/infosecexchange

Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/

You can also support with a one-time donation using PayPal to "jerry@infosec.exchange".
Statistics
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
4/5/26, 1:22:59 AM UTC4/6/26, 2:02:27 AM UTC4/7/26, 2:33:32 AM UTC4/8/26, 2:36:34 AM UTC4/9/26, 2:02:08 AM UTC4/10/26, 1:31:26 AM UTC4/11/26, 1:52:28 AM UTC4/12/26, 2:07:46 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 1324/1325 (99.92%)