The Great ezFluke of June 2005

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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

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 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

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Wikipedia's ezBoard article