He told the DCNF it took 250 hours since early December “for planning the events: meetings, confirming speakers, venues, graphics, advertisements, emails and etc.” 19 conference, saying the attacks started as soon as the event was posted on Eventbrite.īob Dohnal, the publisher of the Wisconsin Conservative Digest, described some of the issues caused by the fake registrations for his “all-volunteer” organization, including confusion about what resources were necessary for the conference, including tables, chairs and how much food to order. “We had over 6,000 registrations,” the Wisconsin Conservative Digest told the DCNF in an email when advised of a spam registration for a Feb. The issues included confusion as it pertained to organizing their events and a loss of time trying to address the spam.
Event organizers described the issues created by the tsunami of fake registrations in email and phone conservations with the Daily Caller News Foundation. The targeted events included a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event in New Hampshire, a candidate forum in Texas, a rally for constitutional carry in Georgia, and a conservative gathering hosted by the Wisconsin Conservative Digest.
In addition, the Daily Caller News Foundation found that it was easy to make a fake registration for events on Eventbrite, even if the email address was already linked to an Eventbrite account. However, for some conservative groups, a tsunami of spam registrations made accomplishing that difficult, and the difficulty was compounded by slow or non-existent responses from the company.
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