Has Mumsnet been hacked?

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I was happily perusing the thread on Trump, and finding it mighty interestin!, when suddenly, BOOM!! it's gone. I wonder if someone is unhappy at the level of disrespect shown to the Great Man?
Woooooo....

I've also been having issues for the last few hours.

I couldn't get into mumsnet on my iPhone between 5.30 and 7 today.

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Couldn't get on between 6 and 7 on my Samsung

Looked a bit like a poor hacking job

Outrageous. What am I supposed to do at 5.30?

My morning loo visit wasn't half as enjoyable without mumsnet this morning.
Facebook was also not working for me.

It worked here when I was awake all night on the odd occasion that I tried.

According to isitdownrightnow.com. It was just having maintenance.

A site like MN is provided by lots of different computers, all doing different things to provide content to 1000s of users simultaneously. There will be times when some of these computers will need software upgrades, new bits of hardware etc and have to be taken out of action. The usual time to do such work is when the number of on-line users is low, typically in the early morning. When this happens, most websites will try and keep some sort of service running, usually to a restricted amount of users, but that doesn't mean you can guarantee that you'll always get on.
It doesn't pay to advertise when such work is going on, as you can be particularly vulnerable to a cyber attack like denial of service.

OP,

Well, I was mid-posting on the thread about interchangeable dinner/ sex phrases when Mumsnet disappeared on me for 30 minutes...

Make of that what you will!

Couldn't get on either for the last few hours, checked twitter but nothing there.

Ifailed,

That makes sense. Thanks for clear explanation.

Many websites are deliberately running slowly today to draw attention to net neutrality, something that is under threat in the USA. Some of the telecommunications corporations want to provide more bandwidth to those websites willing to pay for it and strangle the speed of those who don't, thus creating an unequal internet.

It was offline for me briefly yesterday morning around the same time. Server upgrades?

DoctorTwo,

That's very interesting.

I'm woefully tech-ignorant, and am learning a lot on here. Thanks.

Something odd has happen to the icons on the mobile site. Can't post a picture but the active link is a broken heart watching is s torch search is a kiss

Hopefully this will work

I thought my phone was playing up around 6.30, all fine now

My icons are same as usual Katz, no broken hearts or kisses here! But I couldn't get on around 6 am this morning, made me realise how much I rely on browsing in here :/

Back to normal now

A site like MN is provided by lots of different computers

Not just 1 over worked server

Orlantina :o

I thought MN was powered by an ageing but determined hamster on a wheel named Floyd.

The broken heart and other icons is nothing to worry about, when the font they use for the standard icons isn't delivered, they fall back on them default ones.

Hi folks,

Our hamster has had a difficult morning! Seems he got off of the wheel and decided to have a gin fuelled break.

We've replaced the gin with a nice and all seems well.

Really sorry for the inconvenience caused. Tech has identified the issue and so we don't have any further concerns about this, so nothing to worry about.

Weebo, I thought the hamster's name was Tod...