Just to let everyone know we will have to take the site down for a few hours at some point in the next couple of days - our database server was hacked. It doesn't appear to be too disastrous at this stage, but we're keeping everything crossed!

Er, is that "database server 'where all our stories are uploaded, even the ones marked for our eyes only' was hacked"? Ok, not panicing, much.



- NaomiM

actually no, the actually story texts are stored elsewhere. it's just titles and summaries on the database

in any case I suspect Vietnamese games hackers would be not that interests in the contents here!

Eek! Good luck getting it sorted.

Hope it's all sorted soon, David. Sounds like a right pain.

Nik

Thanks for the notice, David and good luck getting it sorted.

Tiger

Lol, David. Typical of a writer to be more concerned with their work, than their credit card details.

Um, forgive a tiny bit of paranoia, but does that mean someone out there has got our names+addresses+birthdates? Couldn't they make a certain amount of mischief with those details? And could they have accessed our credit card details?
AGx

not credit cards, that's all kept with paypal. But any details on your profile in theory yes - which are usually visible on the profile in any case. But as I said from the look of it they were not interested in our stuff at all, they just installed a bunch of gaming things.

Hope you get it sorted soon, David!

Nightmare David, good luck getting it sorted out.

Is there some sort of methadone type substance you can suggest to help us all through the period when the site's down?

I think we're all back and OK - post here please how things feel (;

Hi David,

I was posting on the thread in the Lounge called "I hate my name", but it seems to have disappeared. Is this related to the server problems, or because I am considered offensive?

Thanks, Rod.

I haven't removed anything - did you see it at the end of the thread and then it disappeared?