1. Attackers abuse Pastebin to host payloads.
2. Some security teams abuse Pastebin APIs to keep up with them.

Glad they’ve finally put a stop to... *checks notes* the second one? https://twitter.com/pastebin/status/1250472977491091457

I see you deleted your reply (pictured)

Take it or leave it – may I suggest: with the amount of abuse seen on the platform, the manual process for reporting each one paragraph style in English via the UI may be cumbersome to some.

Consider building out REPORT ABUSE as an API?

Update: looks like @pastebin is exploring how to best restore access to the Scraping API for non-commercial entities (independent researchers) https://twitter.com/pastebin/status/1250858678195900416?s=21

That’s cool. Nice to see a more measured, thoughtful response.
cc: @ScumBots
Power in press, @lorenzofb? https://twitter.com/pastebin/status/1250858678195900416