Site Downtime....

[toolmanwill]

Felt the need to explain the past weeks events. The server that hosts CTT, Metallifukinca, and my vBitty site was being bombarded by brute force attacks. This has been happening for about 2-3 weeks. As admin of the entire server I have been keeping a watchful eye on these attacks.
None of them got thru but they were persistent. I tried to lock down the server a bit more and in turn it ended up disabling access to the server by any of the owners and the host since the attacks were nonstop.
The host felt the best thing to do was backup our sites and reinstall the OS after which they would configure a firewall to stop these attacks as well as any others.
So for the past few days I have been backing up data re-setting up the accounts for our sites and re-uploading the files and databases. CTT was by far the largest one hence the longer time to get y'all back up and running. Matter of fact i am STILL uploading the gallery which is another 8-12 hrs of uploading due to its size

So for everyone wondering.... we were not hacked, they sure did try tho....so thanx for you patience, welcome back, crack a brew and enjoy the tunes!!!!



Will

[zombywoof57]

Thnx WILL good to know that at least one admin knows whats going on.....hahahahahahaha...oh sorry pat

[purple jim]

Good to see it all back on line! Bravo.

[thunderbaas]

Thanks Will,good to hear those fuckin' hackers didn't succeed,and that CTT is up again.
Has caused you quite some trouble I assume,or at least quite some time and attention.
Anny idea who they were. Maybe Metallica,because they're verry keen on their music not getting downloaded.
Overhere in Holland the Iranian Governement hacked the Dutch Governement site. Which caused families of Iranian fugitives who live here quite some trouble.
Annyhow good to hear they didn't succeed,and that CTT is firewalled properly now.
As Hendrix Nutter, I'd hate to do without CTT !!!!!!!!

All the best,
Thunderbaas.