Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               Forum back online View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General Author Message FoulFoot Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Last Visit: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 595 Location: Honolulu, HI Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:30 pm We're back online now, after the recent hacking incident.  It took much longer than expected, since the phpBB software has numerous bugs in it that were preventing restoration of the database. Unfortunately, the last backup was May 11th, so all messages (and user registrations) since that point were lost. We promise to be more religious in backups, so future database crashes will be less catastrophic.  Apologies for the inconvenience! FoulFoot Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 7:31 am ... what I couldn't understand is: Who might be interested in deleting the Acaeum forum??? Any idea? ... maybe a French hacker answering your last post nev Prolific Collector Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 352 Location: Sydney, Australia Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:01 am Anyone else notice a drop in general prices while the site was down? Hmmmmm NDH Active Collector Joined: 04 Mar 2003 Last Visit: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 41 Location: Sanford MI Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 10:42 am Yes  Nev  I did, Best part is I had nothing up during the time, Bad thing is I had already used what I had to aquire new material and was unable to take advantage of it either.  LOL Oh well Break even!! Its good to see us Back though! You never know how much you miss something until it is gone. I for one never realized I check in here a couple times a day until I tried each day it was down. FoulFoot Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Last Visit: 29 Nov 2008 Posts: 595 Location: Honolulu, HI Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 12:42 pm I believe it was just a random event.  Several other gaming web sites have reported hacks on their phpBB software.  It's most likely a group of people going around seeing how many sites they can bring down using the same exploit. Foul Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First       The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General   Jump to: Select a forum The Acaeum Forums----------------Collecting GeneralCollecting General - Non TSRCollecting AppraisalClassifiedsThe Acaeum Distributed Computing Project Subwebs----------------Judges GuildPlanescape  View next topic View previous topic Login or register to post new topics Login or register to reply to topics Login or register to edit your posts Login or register to delete your posts Login or register to vote in polls All times are GMT - 4 Hours