Not plagiarism!

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Few days ago i got next message:

Hi dalgerok,

We found a few of your codes in September Challenge 2019 Division 1 to be similar with one another user’s submissions. We have disqualified all your submissions. Here are the solutions we found to be similar:

It is of the form {link1 - link2}, {link3 - link4} which means that link1 and link2 have been found to be similar (of which, one would be a link to your solution), and link3 and link4 have been found to be similar, and so on. If you have been caught in only one pair, you’ll only see two links.

Let us know within five days , if you think you are being wrongly penalized due to the false positive that MOSS has thrown. However, before you do that kindly go through our CodeChef Code Of Conduct and our blog post on the cheating saga below and make sure that knowingly or unknowingly, you have not violated any of those points :

Please do not write back or approach us if you have violated any of the rules. If you do so, your explanation won’t be considered and we might also block your account without any intimation. Additionally, ensure that you don’t repeat the mistake as your account will be deactivated if caught on second instance. And please go through the FAQs given here: http://bit.ly/31SCUkg

Note: If your solutions of other contests have been also removed than it is due to being caught under plagiarism for those contests as well.

Regards,
Team CodeChef

As you can see, all this not mine submissions were submitted on the next day after the contest.
My solution was submitted on the day of the contest.
Every person can look on the others code after the contest is ended.
I think all this people just looked at my code after the contest and submitted it.

Please, check it.

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Are you sure about this? It was a long challenge, with a ten day time span, and the linked submissions are within that timespan (7-9-2019 and 8-9-2019).
Unless I’ve got the dates wrong, I don’t get your point.

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I agree with you.
But in this solutions: CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone and CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone there are the same lines of code:

int DHHHHSAHJHJHJSUJJSKDJHFDKJDKFJKDFJKDJFJSDJDJJJJJJJJ[N];
int CCCCCHFHFmAKKIHDJHHH[N];
int TTTATATTATA_DHHHHSAHJHJHJSUJJSKDJHFDKJDKFJKDFJKDJFJSDJDJJJJJJJJ[N];

and

int DHHHHSAHJHJHJSUJJSKDJHFDKJDKFJKDFJKDJFJSDJDJJJJJJJJ[N];
int CCCCCHFHFmAKKIHDJHHH[N];
int TTTATATTATA_DHHHHSAHJHJHJSUJJSKDJHFDKJDKFJKDFJKDJFJSDJDJJJJJJJJ[N];

I think that this two guys are cheating, not me.
I dont even know who they are.
I can assure you that I have never cheated and this is just an error.
I have been on CodeChef since 2017 and proposed few problems.

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it seems clear that these two guys are cheating and they used your solution, but, if they submited while the contest was going on, it’s a problem to you too. How did they get your solution? Did you publish it? Used an online tester?

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No, I have never done anything like this.

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Just curious. September Challenge Moss check continuing till now ?? How long does it takes for complete check ?

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SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME, THEY MAILED ME AFTER 6 MONTHS

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Time to change ALL your passwords and scan your pc for viruses.