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Users 26,924
Active users (last month) 1,594
Active users (last six months) 3,753
Characters per post (max) 2,048
Known instances 41,593
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Apr 2, 2025 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.3.4
Registrations Open
E-mail ioc@eml.cc
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) corybooker, aprilfools, aprilfoolsday, medievalbreakupsongsorpoems, MardiPatisserie, filibuster, judgementalfortunecookies, tunetuesday, stormynights, booker
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 (@elefant@ioc.exchange).
For moderation requests please contact our moderator @tellyworth@ioc.exchange.

Hosting

Instance is hosted in US - Local Laws apply!

Servers are hosted at Linode and hosting costs are around $300/month.
Media files are hosted in AWS S3 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 (2025-03-28)

  • 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 13 years old. If you are under the age of 13, 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!
Moderated instances [?]
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  2. cktn.todon.de: suspension
  3. fandom.garden: limitation
  4. flipping.rocks: limitation
  5. icosahedron.website: limitation
  6. jubi.life: suspension
  7. karas.social: suspension
  8. koehlercode.dev: limitation
  9. krgr.social: limitation
  10. m.noxie.ch: suspension
  11. mastodon.cloud: suspension
  12. mastodon.koehlercode.dev: limitation
  13. monads.online: suspension
  14. mytter.jp: suspension
  15. old.mermaid.town: limitation
  16. plush.city: limitation
  17. scintilla.social: suspension
  18. social.afront.org: limitation
  19. social.python-gsoc.org: suspension
  20. solarpunk.moe: limitation
  21. vulpine.club: limitation
Admin account elefant@ioc.exchange
Date of creation Nov 5, 2019 UTC
Display name Not available
Bio
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Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 40761 statuses, 10855 logins, 356 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
3/26/25, 4:23:20 AM UTC3/27/25, 4:09:18 AM UTC3/28/25, 2:10:51 AM UTC3/29/25, 4:06:42 AM UTC3/30/25, 3:15:00 AM UTC3/31/25, 1:03:27 AM UTC4/1/25, 3:53:12 AM UTC4/2/25, 1:42:31 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 950/951 (99.89%)