# Info about the outage **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843 "2016-04-22T19:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/1 "2016-04-22T19:36:10Z")
This IvoryTowerDenizen posting on behalf of Ed "SDMB service disruption The SDMB was the target of a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on Thursday 4/21. After several hours we succeeded in getting the board back online, but continuing problems prevent most users (including most of the staff) from logging in. We appreciate your patience while we attempt to restore normal service. -Ed Zotti" Good luck and fare thee well. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/2 "2016-04-22T23:04:03Z")
Well, I’m back. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/3 "2016-04-22T23:06:08Z")
Me too, we’re free! ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/4 "2016-04-22T23:06:26Z")
6:03 PM Chicago time. I just logged on. Everything seems to be normal again. Or maybe I’m just special. :o ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/5 "2016-04-22T23:06:40Z")
Hey! The Board is working again! YAY! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/6 "2016-04-22T23:08:34Z")
I’m back, too. For reals! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/7 "2016-04-22T23:09:06Z")
Me, too. Now I wonder where my sock is. No, the other one. And my shoe. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/8 "2016-04-22T23:09:06Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > 6:03 PM Chicago time. I just logged on. Everything seems to be normal again. Or maybe I’m just special. :o Sorry. Worked for me and I’m not special 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/9 "2016-04-22T23:09:51Z")
Yep, got on too. We’re all special. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/10 "2016-04-22T23:11:43Z")
Just FYI, I’m still having an issue. As I move around, thread to thread within seconds of each other I need to keep logging in. It won’t “hold” my logged in status. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/11 "2016-04-22T23:12:48Z")
Western Idaho present and accounted for. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/12 "2016-04-22T23:14:10Z")
So, are we sure it was just a DDoS? Reason I ask is, if they were able to hijack the site’s domain and were in control of a “dummy” SDMB for a while, they could have been able to capture all the failed login/passwords. I changed mine just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/13 "2016-04-22T23:14:47Z")
I’m alive!!! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/14 "2016-04-22T23:15:42Z")
HA … thought y’all could escape me … eh? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/15 "2016-04-22T23:19:42Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Sorry. Worked for me and I’m not special 🙂 Well, [**today**](http://www.simplesimonandco.com/2014/02/you-are-special-today-pillow-tutorial.html/) you are! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/16 "2016-04-22T23:21:05Z")
Looking at the Prince thread, we’ve been restored from a day-old backup? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/17 "2016-04-22T23:22:20Z")
Is this thing on? Can anyone hear me? Hello? \* HELLO?\* ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/18 "2016-04-22T23:22:42Z")
does the “Rue La La” pop-under ad I’ve been getting have anything to do with this? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/19 "2016-04-22T23:27:19Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Looking at the Prince thread, we’ve been restored from a day-old backup? If that’s true, I wonder what happened to the socks that were intentionally created in the last few hours, or passwords that were changed during the outage. Did the user database get restored from a backup as well, wiping those out? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843/20 "2016-04-22T23:28:46Z")
MacTech is back Time to warm up the nukes and target the DDOS scumbags, since it’s distributed, we’ll have to use our “special” MIRV nukes on them… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-the-outage/752843.md?page=2)