Negative SEO Image Linking Issue

[Macep0]

Hello everyone! I have a question that's been bothering me for a few months now. I've noticed that on all of my websites, which are hosted on different hosting providers, my images are getting linked to by sites with low authority or spam.

What's strange is that in every case, the URLs end with the extension -k.html and they link to the image's name. Here's the structure of these URLs: https://www.domainname.com/image-name-k.html

I've already tried removing the images from the sitemap, and I've enabled Hotlink Protection on Cloudflare, but unfortunately, it hasn't yielded any positive results.
Additionally, when I open the URL, I can't find any images or the links that Ahrefs reports. Here are some real examples of these URLs:

http://www.mundoinvestigacion.es/pedaleador-jocca-carrefour-k.html
https://freeblackjackmoney.com/pedalera-para-ejercicios-de-piernas-k.html
http://www.hsmetalproduct.com/pedales-bicicleta-estatica-carrefour-k.html

Does anyone have any suggestions or insights on how to address this issue?"

 

[Steptoe]

These are autogenerated pages that target longtail keywords by using scraped content, which includes some images to try and add some air of legitimacy. I'd say pretty much any moderately-successful website will have these backlinks in droves. They won't hurt you, but you can always disavow them if you'd rather.

Loads of threads about this situation have been made in the past, you might get some further insight or pointers from them:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/wtf-are-these-spammy-links-ending-in-k-html.1492143/https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/questions-about-the-external-chain-of-the-website.1482626/https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/h...cklinks-with-k-at-the-end-of-the-url.1459441/https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/what-software-is-this-guy-using-to-seo-attack-me.1502488/

 

[Macep0]

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide me with all the threads. I'm going to read them all, and I'll even try a suggestion mentioned in one of them to block hotlinking with .htaccess.
Thanks again!"

 

[yoheyyo88]

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide me with all the threads. I'm going to read them all, and I'll even try a suggestion mentioned in one of them to block hotlinking with .htaccess.
Thanks again!"

hi, i have the same problem, did it work for you? i have cloudflare and there is a option where i can turn on hotlink protection which basically does the same as you suggest... but am afraid it will harm my seo.... would be nice to hear if it worked for you or not.