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

So he's had to resort to creating an actual account now, rather than hacking in anymore?

How embarrassing...

Sending to Zombie. Get some rest lovely.

I tried twirlypoo but couldn't see any through the patchy cloud we have here.

Not Jeffrey - more like Glen from nighty night

Ahh monkey, it's quite overcast here too. I just looked out the window and gave it up as a bad job.

I also thought Jeffrey must of been a bit embarrassed to have to create his own account. You should have implemented tickers while you had the chance and made it better for us all you fool!!

Oops, I really must learn how twitter works, I think I just liked or favourited something he said whilst trying to see who else liked it

You could have given us a like button and caused real outrage.

I have such images of him furiously trying to HAXOR us all.

Face strained, red and sweating with the effort.

'I'LL GET THEM!' He's hissing through his clenched teeth 'I HAS TO HAX MUMSNET!! YEAH!'

hope the gin supplies are holding up

Just been on a Nighty night trip down memory lane. Julia Davis is a blooming genius

Don't ban him will you MNHQ? I want to see what he says next!

Genius...if you have to explain it - it literally isnt all that funny.

Dull, very dull.

We could have put in requests.

Edit function
Like button
Hide poster
Tickers

I operate a Massage Business and am willing to licence a franchise to DadSec.

It might keep him gainfully occupied.

The devil finds work for idle fingers to do.

twirly, meteors are amazing here. Can't capture on my crap phone unfortunately but just beautiful. Sigh

Again jeffery, if you have the access to data that you claim to have, you did not ddos the site. That is not what ddos means. Do you have saveloy for brains?

Usual, i'd like the option for the site to be pink

the new testable iphone app has this
am i allowed to say that?!

Link where in the world are you? jealous

Are we allowed to keep our hacker then? Keith and I have promised to look after it?

Piglet is your real name Brain from Hull by any chance?

Run jeff, quick, she'll immac you and dye you blue!!!

Oh for ducks sake, I went to sleep (whilst putting ds to sleep) and missed the brief Jeffrey revival.

Oh my god, maybe it's my evil hands finding light work to do whilst I'm asleep!

Did anyone ever see that excretable film based on that premise? Was possibly the worst film I've ever seen...

It would be even sadder if he was.

I mean, hacking Mumsnet is surly rather lame? Not that there is anything wrong with our lovely site but still.

Jeffery: I hacked Mumsnet bra. Yeah...

Hacker guys Jeff is trying desperately to impress: Um, ok. Why?

Hack Rep minus 10. Go sit in the corner and think about WikiLeaks you docuhecanoe.

Blasphomy misc, idle hands is a fantastic film!!