site went down again

[ghostspirit]

mumsnet seemed to go down again hope thats not a bad sign

[SewingAndCakes]

It's another DDOS attack, they're working on it.

[dilbert19912]

Yeah snap, only for a couple of mins but still a bit worrying considering recent events!!

[acatcalledjohn]

Could just be MN techs doing sever stuff...

[acatcalledjohn]

Sever stuff? FFS.

SeRver.

[Shutthatdoor]

It is a DDOS attack. MNHQ have confirmed.

[GarminGirl]

Yes saw on Twitter. Under attack again. Prob more info taken

[SacredHeart]

A DDOS attack is unable to take information all it does is flood the servers stopping the site from coping.

If you imagine there are (just a random number) 5,000 users on mumsnet at any time a single user running a DDOS becomes 20,000 users asking the site for stuff and so it breaks.

It is the digital equivalent of a sit in, they are flooding the site stopping true users from getting in.

[dilbert19912]

BASTARDS!!!!!

[acatcalledjohn]

Rather another DDoS than more swatting. If they ever find out who did that, I hope they will be blacklisted by police if ever they need police assistance.

It'll never happen, but one can dream.