At 5.23am this morning the server was taken down due to a suspected "hack" attempt coming from the server towards another server outside of the data center. This operation was automatic by the data center automated protection systems.

When I got up this morning I had a few messages on Facebook alerting me to the problem so I quickly got up to discover the take down message in my inbox. I immediately contacted the data center via e-mail, ticket and their forums. It took some time but they eventually allowed the server back onto the network at about 10.30am, but under the premise that I would scan the server for malicious activity.

I have scanned the server and nothing was revealed, so I am in discussion with the data center to find out what is going on. The BA server was not the only one to have this "hack" problem this morning, so it is possible that it's a vulnerability in the operating system itself. This should be under investigation by the data center.

In the mean time, the site is running as normal, but I'll keep you all updated if I hear anything further.

Andy (Admin)

Two other (Windows help) sites I visit had also gone down. On one there was an impertinent message boasting about it!

I thought betaarchive gone forever... Thank god...

That's not going to happen. BA's never about to just "disappear" off the internet, we're far too resourceful for that.

If that happen how can i contact you?

If we ever get taken down permanently, I'm sure a new board will be established ASAP and old database preserved...

The site has gone offline several times in the past. It usually doesn't stay offline longer than a few hours

I wasn't there to see it, fortunately, so I wasn't affected (I had no idea that the place went offline at all).

Thank you for the FB post of back up

Explained why I got "Connection Refused" every-time I tried to go online.

BetaArchive downs in March 2012 because of Hactivists or SOPA caries Denial of Service Attacks to BetaArchive.

Wait what? BA was attacked? Why would anybody attack BA?

I have no idea what he's talking about. BA was not attacked in March at all.

Exactly my thoughts too, I didn't believe it.

I mean BetaArchive downed last month because Hactivists or SOPA caries Denial of Service Attacks to BetaArchive

I still don't understand what you mean. Nobody has attacked BA whether it be Hactivists, SOPA or otherwise...

Do you see the last post date? Anyway its finished and this topic should be locked.