Recent Downtime: DDoS Attack

[Xiivi]

From AlphaZealot:

"Smashers,
An update on The Great Smash DDoS of 2013
Smashboards has been down since ~6PM PT Sunday evening. Aside from a brief 5 hour reprieve on August 26th (~3AM-8AM PT) we have been unable to prevent what is a serious DDoS to Smashboards. This appears to be a targeted effort against the Smash community - with Allisbrawl and Project M both being targeted (and purportedly others).
All of the owners of these sites (myself, Strongbad/Warchamp, and Neal/JV) are working together to bring things back online and we are sharing information about potential solutions. What we know so far:

• First signs of an attack occurred against AllisBrawl on August 15. AllisBrawl has been combatting the DDoS ever since
• On August 16, Smashboards came under an (intrusive) attack that lead us to reset and load an earlier instance of our database (losing ~10 hours of data)
• On August 25 Smashboards went down due to a DDoS attack
• In the morning of August 27 (I believe) Project M (projectmgame.com) went down due to a DDoS attack
• All currently attempted solutions to combat these attacks have failed, whomever the attacker is has been quite dedicated in their attempts to bring down the entire community of sites, adapting their methods and changing
• All three sites (smashboards.com, allisbrawl.com, projectmgame.com) are right now, at this very moment, under a sustained DDoS attack

I'd like to thank the community for staying patient with us as we attempt to move through these issues. The support the community shows is always top notch and if anything, this DDoS is a result of the communities outstanding growth and success over the years."

We've been working hard to get the site back up, and it's not up for everyone now yet; but as some of you may notice we've been able to get it up for a good chunk of the community and will hopefully be back in full capacity soon. Thank you for your patience.

 

[insomniac19]

I hope all of these attacks get resolved soon, but however long it takes the smash community will never falter to the likes of some fool or whoever is involved in these baseless intrusions!

 

[Warchamp7]

It's pretty silly, but it'll be fine with some time.

 

[KaosBombix]

Hello, I'm french so my english isn't very good but I'll try to say something ! Good luck for smashboard, all is brawl and project M to solved this problem ! I hate when one or more people attack a site, If they don't like brawl, don't play brawl ... I hope you will solved this problem, I am ready to wait but I can't help you because I don't know these attacks ...

Sorry for my english

 

[pheX]

We living.

 

[Squall LeonHeart]

We get knocked down, we get up again, ain't nobody gonna keep us down.

 

[Arteen]

Huzaah! I'm glad you guys are getting the site back in working order.

 

[Orboknown]

Keep up the good work guys.

 

[Psymon]

I saw a notification on the Smashboards Facebook page about why the site was down temporarily - thanks for keeping us informed =)

 

[S2rulL]

You handled the DDoS the correct way; informing the site members and working hard to get the site back up, great work!

 

[Neptune Shiranui]

Nobody can take us Smashers down! Whoever is attacking the Smash community must be a butt-hurt little fellow.

 

[Metalbro]

The forum looks so weird right now.. I love it.

 

[Rosalina suporter]

So glad its back!!

 

[pidgezero_one]

John Madden

 

[SchAlternate]

VICTORY! *insert onslaught of random party gifs*

 

[ClubbyBear]

Eat **** Hackers. It's probably some five year old spamming the "ping" command
Maybe it's the same person from the Minecraft DDOS

 

[ZLF Aurora]

Eat **** Hackers. It's probably some five year old spamming the "ping" command
Maybe it's the same person from the Minecraft DDOS

You're falling for the bait, pal. This reaction is all they wanted.

 

[noobifier3000]

lol, I guarantee you I'm no 5 year old spamming the ping command, as that is a primitive way of performing a Ddos attack you fool, I'm a bit more elegant than that. As for the websites, all is brawl WILL remain shut down. Smashboards will also become inaccessible soon. If you wish for these attacks to stop, we demand that Neal, and the admins of smashboards wear shoes on their heads, till then, suffer you twits.

 

[Bubbleman_Nsider]

Yeah! We're back and alive.

 

[2 C H i L L E D]

I doubt you're the hacker but if you are. You can't keep this up forever, eventually you'll lose. It's one man vs. a community you don't stand a chance. You're simply providing us an inconvenience at the moment.

 

[Zonderion]

lol, I guarantee you I'm no 5 year old spamming the ping command, as that is a primitive way of performing a Ddos attack you fool, I'm a bit more elegant than that. As for the websites, all is brawl WILL remain shut down. Smashboards will also become inaccessible soon. If you wish for these attacks to stop, we demand that Neal, and the admins of smashboards wear shoes on their heads, till then, suffer you twits.

what?

 

[noobifier3000]

One man? you sure about that sir? Not exactly.

 

[TewnLeenk]

Must've been a Playstation All Stars Battle Royale fan.

 

[Lukingordex]

lol, I guarantee you I'm no 5 year old spamming the ping command, as that is a primitive way of performing a Ddos attack you fool, I'm a bit more elegant than that. As for the websites, all is brawl WILL remain shut down. Smashboards will also become inaccessible soon. If you wish for these attacks to stop, we demand that Neal, and the admins of smashboards wear shoes on their heads, till then, suffer you twits.

 

[ClubbyBear]

Let's Quote the song "SMASH!"
Stand Up!
Knock 'em down!
We won't let 'em push us around

Rise Up!
Make 'em proud!
If you had enough, then shout it out!

We won't!
Take it any more today!
They can't stop us!

 

[noobifier3000]

N0 w4y, I L0v3 T3h Br4wls 4nd m3l33

 

[ClubbyBear]

N0 w4y, I L0v3 T3h Br4wls 4nd m3l33

P1AY5TAT10N A115TARS R0K5

 

[Lukingordex]

N0 w4y, I L0v3 T3h Br4wls 4nd m3l33

b***h pl0x PM 0wns b0th of th3m

 

[ClubbyBear]

lol, I guarantee you I'm a 5 year old spamming the ping command, as that is a primitive way of performing a Ddos attack on you!! #SWAG I'm a Gangster! thuggin more than that. As for the webz, all is brawl WILL remain shut down in favor of all is cod. Smashboards will also become in-asshole-able soon. If you wish stop, we will stop. the admins of smashboards wear shoes on their heads. Till then, im going to play cooood.

Fixed

 

[noobifier3000]

b 1tch pl0x PM 0wns b0th of th3m

and look where their site is at now xD.

there will also be 1 more demand for the smash community's ultimate surrender, thou must present to us. 42 billion american dollars.

 

[ClubbyBear]

and look where their site is at now xD.

there will also be 1 more demand for the smash community's ultimate surrender, thou must present to us. 42 billion american dollars.

Okay just give us your address, credit card info, email, real name, birth certificate, selfie, facebook, and your IP address

 

[noobifier3000]

Very well insect, you shall have your selfie

 

[SchAlternate]

...

This thread man.

 

[FullMetalLynch]

At least he's a jackass with a sense of humor.

 

[StaffofSmashing]

Whoever did this deserves 9,000 Toon Link bombs and 1 Triforce Slash.

So I'm putting my detective cap on and searching for the people who did this.

Noobifier, your a 6 year old. 6 year olds can't hack.

 

[ClubbyBear]

Ok, Moderators, can you please release the email of "Noobifier"

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Any luck stabilizing the site?

 

[MasterOfKnees]

It sure is a rocky ride we're on.

 

[Starphoenix]

It's Syria. I'm telling you all.

 

[John2k4]

Ok, Moderators, can you please release the email of "Noobifier"

It's just a troll account.

Sent him to bannd camp so that we don't get false info/thread derailment.