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It's called a honeypot. They even ran CP servers in the past (after taking them over from the actual admins, in order to unmask the users).
Agreed honeypots are maybe a good thing.
You can also run honeypots.. Even at home, if you can configure your VM and network securely. Like this: https://github.com/telekom-security/tpotce
You could lurk users/bots into hacking your honeypot and then report it to let's say: https://www.abuseipdb.com/
It's called a honeypot. They even ran CP servers in the past (after taking them over from the actual admins, in order to unmask the users).
Agreed honeypots are maybe a good thing.
You can also run honeypots.. Even at home, if you can configure your VM and network securely. Like this: https://github.com/telekom-security/tpotce
You could lurk users/bots into hacking your honeypot and then report it to let's say: https://www.abuseipdb.com/