Difference between revisions of "The Great ezFluke of June 2005"

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It sucked.  Everything vanished, including a month of posts from RPGWW and the old [[Adventurers!]] board and [[The Phantom Lord's OT Board]].
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== 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 ==
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It sucked.  Temporarily, everything vanished completely. Fortunately, RPGWW being a gold board, RPGWW posts from 2005 April 22 and backward were able to be restored--backup data of posts is a gold feature. However, posts between April 22 and May 31 were lost, as were all the posts to our non-gold board, The RP Bootcamp.
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Also, the old ADV! ezforum and The Phantom Lord's OT Board were eaten whole.
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== Offsite Links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZboard Wikipedia's ezBoard article]
  
 
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[[Category:Stubs]]

Revision as of 17:22, 22 March 2006

Oh Shit

"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."

-- excerpt of letter from Robert Labatt
CEO
ezboard, Inc., 2005 May 31

full text at: http://p080.ezboard.com/fezboardfrm29.showMessage?topicID=1633.topic

Repercussions for RPGWW

It sucked. Temporarily, everything vanished completely. Fortunately, RPGWW being a gold board, RPGWW posts from 2005 April 22 and backward were able to be restored--backup data of posts is a gold feature. However, posts between April 22 and May 31 were lost, as were all the posts to our non-gold board, The RP Bootcamp.

Also, the old ADV! ezforum and The Phantom Lord's OT Board were eaten whole.

Offsite Links

Wikipedia's ezBoard article