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So, how did all these hacked accounts or backdated posts happen? The article never says that even though the author talks to the site founder and admin.

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PhysicsForum's admin admitted creating them shortly after: <https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/official-response-to-a...>

It's heavily implied the owner had them generated by a bot, potentially as part of his day job in SEO

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