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

it's raining over the Southern branch tonight, but it should be clear enough to see the meteors over Hull.

weather map

or use this one, once it's light

It's really like Baby's First Phreak, isn't it? Silly little tosspot doesn't even realise that there's no 'data' to collect.

Ha ha it's true
We love it here. We even find Jeff quite funny in an irritating toddler fashion. But this is a parenting site. No one cares we were hacked. Log on as us. We don't care

We're not a bank, there's no credit cards to steal. You just get to post as a mum.

need a beach recliner?

Look, I've practised on the children and the dog, I'm fairly certain I can do this raising and nurturing shit now.

Pleeeeeease?

Can we also stop affiliating PigletJohn with Yoni masseuseing?

He's our go to Mnetter with Stopping cocks and dubious gutters.

It's unnerving me.

PigletJohn Wed 12-Aug-15 23:30:56

I operate a Massage Business

This is the most shocking and surprising thing I've read all night.

I'm off to sleep. You hear-by have my permission to play at hacking mn for a little bit, so long as its back up by coffee o'clock in the morning.

I too assumed plumbing wizardry was Piglet's main bag, having said that a masseuse plumber has many possible advantages

Erm, nah thanks, I'm good.
I do have "Only The Yoni" going round in my head now though.
Hackers get lonely too and very bored it seems

Hackers are almost people too.
We all get lonely sometimes.

Shall we adopt the hacker, a nice wee blue misunderstood MN mascot to entertain in intervals?

And so to bed to dream of strange white tunic wearing stopcock wielding piglets humming only the yoni through a meteor shower...

And having read most of the thread, I realise I've missed the takeaway order.

Fuckit.

Yes, let's adopt him. A few things we might be able to help with:

• Make-up application - less is definitely more
• Hair products - get some (specialist advice needed) Careers Job applications - good use of spelling will go a long way, plus possible plumbing and yoni instruction from a helpful poster
• Overcoming shyness and voicing a cohesive request - phrases such as "are you on glue?" and "did you mean to be so rude?" could relieve some of the pent up anger we are sensing here...

We could have a specialist topic made up "How to help a hacker" ?

Help a Hacker reminds me of Hug a Hoodie. And that was a Cameron idea, wasn't it?

The thing is, it was all merely tiresome, not even outrageous.

Are we getting accustomed to trolls/ invasions/ attempted coups?

It would be quite amusing if our hacker became a regular poster...

'Hi I hacked you guys a while back but AIBU to ask for some help with this parking issue?'

Aww, you lots is mean, innit!!

Poor (Jeffrey, is it?) just wanted some wank fodder to get through a long boring day and you lots had to be more cleverer than him, knowing all about the REAL meaning of DDOS etc, not caring and talking about food.

Did no one tell you that it's the wimins job to run and be scared of big scary hacker boy man?

#thedaymumnetfoiledthehacker

Our hackers Twitter page has been suspended.

That's a shame. How is he going to give his demands now?
What was it he wanted? The banning of all toilet brushes? The ultimate sponge cake recipe?

Tbh I've been so busy and knackered lately I've hardly posted anything interesting so if he wants to take over my account for a while, and make some pithy, witty remarks and provide a few supportive comments for anyone suffering with breastfeeding as a result of tongue tie that'd be great.

Actually a thread ins s&b to sort my autumn wardrobe out (still not lost the tummy I promised I would do best hide it instead) and any ideas for quick healthy teas would also be useful .

Do you reckon he takes bookings? Like a babysitter? (Best make sure he's crb checked before leaving him in charge of my account ).