Cp spam, most likely scams, had always appeared from time to time but it was never so agressive for a long time.
If i recall there was a guy named Straitjackit who was unfortunately as his name hints genuinely insane and batshit crazy and he really hated this board
He posted cp at the same rate it was posted now and then tried to report the site to the domain registars for closure
It didn't work and then more attacks followed combined with personal threads and many other ugly stuff
This looks like his MO but I hope it's not him because back then, as I'm sure some remember, it was a pain just to surf the board much less post anything on it