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site went down again

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ghostspirit · 19/08/2015 17:36

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

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acatcalledjohn · 19/08/2015 18:38

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.

dilbert19912 · 19/08/2015 18:38

BASTARDS!!!!!

SacredHeart · 19/08/2015 18:30

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.

GarminGirl · 19/08/2015 18:26

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

Shutthatdoor · 19/08/2015 17:44

It is a DDOS attack. MNHQ have confirmed.

acatcalledjohn · 19/08/2015 17:43

Sever stuff? FFS.

SeRver.

acatcalledjohn · 19/08/2015 17:42

Could just be MN techs doing sever stuff...

dilbert19912 · 19/08/2015 17:37

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

SewingAndCakes · 19/08/2015 17:37

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