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Honeypot Researcher Finds Bot's Plea for Help

A honeypot researcher discovered a peculiar scanning bot that uses a URL path as a plea for help, seemingly from someone in Belarus. The bot, which scans for open ports and sends basic HTTP requests, appears to be intentionally limited and not malicious. The author claims the bot's purpose is to draw attention to their situation.