Saddlerrad
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- Joined
- Aug 3, 2014
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Due to an unexpected 'safety' issue with the website tonight, we have had to 'reset' the website to last nights settings - meaning anybody that has posted, or signed up today will be lost. The safety issue has now been resolved and we will be keeping daily (if not more) back ups of the website as well as ensuring all servers are properly protected.
We now believe that the main reason that the website was offline tonight and this morning was down to malicious outside interference - hence files going missing/being changed/lost/deleted. At one point this evening there was a chance of us losing ALL content, but thanks to the heroics of TB - we've managed to get everything back, bar todays posts/members. This, whilst very annoying, is a small price to pay for what could have been a much bigger loss.
Finally, I would just like to apologise and thank everyone for their patience again. This wasn't the hosts fault, it wasn't our fault - more the outside reference from earlier. We will try to ensure our systems are bulletproof and daily backups are taken to prevent something like this happening again. 1FF is also a learning curve/something new for myself and TB, so we cannot promise everything to be perfect right at the beginning of the website - but more that the on time improves and the website continues to grow in a proper and safe manner!
Thanks for your patience and really sorry again guys!
Admin.
We now believe that the main reason that the website was offline tonight and this morning was down to malicious outside interference - hence files going missing/being changed/lost/deleted. At one point this evening there was a chance of us losing ALL content, but thanks to the heroics of TB - we've managed to get everything back, bar todays posts/members. This, whilst very annoying, is a small price to pay for what could have been a much bigger loss.
Finally, I would just like to apologise and thank everyone for their patience again. This wasn't the hosts fault, it wasn't our fault - more the outside reference from earlier. We will try to ensure our systems are bulletproof and daily backups are taken to prevent something like this happening again. 1FF is also a learning curve/something new for myself and TB, so we cannot promise everything to be perfect right at the beginning of the website - but more that the on time improves and the website continues to grow in a proper and safe manner!
Thanks for your patience and really sorry again guys!
Admin.