Site outage update

[RebeccaMumsnet]

Hi everyone,

First and foremost: sorry for the loss of usual service over the last few hours.

To explain what's been going on: shortly after 10pm last night, we started receiving a large amount of spurious (i.e. automatic, rather than human) traffic. This is known in the trade as a denial of service attack: one in which a person, or organisation, deliberately floods a website with requests for pages, with the intention of overwhelming its servers and preventing bona fide users from accessing the site.

It goes without saying that we're doing everything we can to repel borders and keep the site up and running. We'll post on our social channels with any further updates (we're over here on Facebook and Twitter, if you don't follow us already), and in the meantime, thanks, as usual, for bearing with us.

MNHQ

Am i the only person tempted to post pretend posts that look like i've been hacked?

Well, this has livened up my day. Nearly as much fun as watching my FIL picking blackberries in his pyjamas.

Misc, it looks like it. When I was mod on another forum I could access other users posts and edit them.

I can't say for sure, of course...but mn insist that passwords are incripted so...I guess we have to trust them.

Saying that, they have advised to changed passwords, but I guess we have to do what we need to do...

Beyondthewall I have practically had to amputate my fingers

What was the big surprise that got mentioned on twitter? Spell checked posts?

The alleged hacking of an admin password

Mostly that, Shipshape. Typos amended, random edits and the f-bomb (faggot). Twas v much like The Matrix but more like Neo is off school and is a bit bored so gets a cool anorak and does swearing and is cheeky. That Neo, what a scally.

Yes I think THIS is the 'big surprise', like, we're actually living it right now :)

Probably shouldn't say that out loud yet, but it's too irresistible...

(I like your name too Annie!)

So if i take the red pill, will it go away?

Hi Annie - we'll PM you now and see what we can do

I guess this fictional hacker group is the inspiration for the twitter handle

I am just back in after being unable to access my account. I am was locked out longer than today.

Well, at least this will give the poor souls something new to tell their theripists.

Dr: What have you got up too?

DadsSack: I HAXZ0RED MUMSNET!! YEAH!!

Dr: Right... And how did that make you feel?

DadsSack: AWSOME!!!! BUTTHURT! YEAH!

Dr: Calm down Jeffery.

Twitter's gone quiet too. Perhaps he is American and in bed.

Well that was a bloody damp squib. Is that it?

This thread keeps sticking and unsticking with the mumsnet logo

@RainbowRoses

MNHQ do you have full control back now?

As far as we can tell, yes - though it goes without saying that the defences are still fully manned...

calm down Jeffrey