View source for The Great ezFluke of June 2005

[[Category:Community]]
== Oh Shit ==

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''"On Tuesday May 31 ezboard's systems were the victim of a very precise and malicious internet attack. This attack resulted in the loss of a significant amount of current and historical board postings and interrupted services across all systems. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused and am here to give you the first of several in-depth updates."''

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-- excerpt of letter from Robert Labatt<br>CEO<br>ezboard, Inc., 2005 May 31
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full text at: [http://www.ezboard.com http://p080.ezboard.com/fezboardfrm29.showMessage?topicID=1633.topic]
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== Repercussions for RPGWW ==

Yeah, it sucked. Temporarily, everything vanished completely. Fortunately, RPGWW posts from 2005 April 22 and backward were able to be restored. Regularly made backup data is a [http://www.ezboard.com/content/view/56 Gold feature], apparently; while backup data was also attacked, there was still something to be restored to us. It was posts between April 22 and May 31 that were lost. Also, our non-gold board, [[The RP Bootcamp]], lost all posts at that time, including a rather groovy RP--and associated OOC thread--by MechanistoX.

The old [[ADV!]] ezforum and The Phantom Lord's OT Board were eaten whole.

== Offsite Links ==

* [http://www.ezboard.com ezBoard]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZboard Wikipedia's ezBoard article]