Hi all,
nwdanet.com has been shut down, due to the server being hacked and misused. It is with great regret, that we have to inform you that the NWDA services will not be available for some time, as we will have to rebuild everything from scratch. This is a lot if work, and will probably take several weeks - not only because rebuilding the shop will take long, but also because we will take the opportunity to look for a less vulnurable, hosted solution.
1) The contest gallery will be hosted somewhere else. We will announce that soon.
2) The outstanding points from the Community Store will be payed out within the next few weeks
We are really sorry that we're unable to continue to provide our services at the moment.
Best regards
Frank
Very sad to hear this Frank. Hopefully you have some backups, or your host does. If you're looking for a new host, I can definitely recommend Unixy.net. They are a little pricy, but very fast and *excellent* support, fully managed hosting, free off-server backups, "Geek Armor" server hardening, and they have a "no hack guarantee": http://www.unixy.net/secure/knowledgebase/71/No-Hack-Guarantee-Whats-this-about.html They'll help with most anything, it's pretty awesome. I have good experience with two separate servers and different environments (in both cases on dedicated servers, but I'm sure their more affordable VPS options are similar).
- Oshyan
That just really sucks, nothing else to say about it.
I recieved an e-mail yesterday from my hosting company and they told me there's a wide-spread attack going on on many website hosters in The Netherlands and Germany. Main targets are WordPress and Joomla websites. They use brute force admin attacks to hack websites.
Seems they've managed to crack yours Frank, fuck damn :( (and them)
That does suck, hope you get up and running soon guys
Thanks for the sympathy, guys! Much appreciated and motivating to go on.
@Oshyan: this hoster sounds great! I'll look into them.
That's not very pleasant news, Frank, and I express myself extremely mildly. I hope they catch these guys, terrible nuisance and cheap pleasure or whatever reason these fucko's have.
What a downer! Hope you can get it back up soon. I hope no user data got stolen, please give us a warning should that be the case.
There are to many shitty people out there.
Frank, was the attack against you and NWDA specifically? Or against the host company you use?
These things are only going to get worse Im afraid. And now that internet bill in the US congress we were all against is returning. SO I guess our choice is between no protection and no privacy. Fun!
I wonder if these attacks are coming from the far East or Russia, or homegrown assholes?
Quote from: otakar on April 12, 2013, 01:44:57 PM
What a downer! Hope you can get it back up soon. I hope no user data got stolen, please give us a warning should that be the case.
No, I can say that the hacker was only interested in getting control over the server to hijack it to participate in a DOS attack against another target.
Regards
Frank
That's sad. I've purchased several products there lately and have been very happy with the product and service. Looking forward to your online presence soon!
That really sucks, sorry to hear that Frank, hope it doesn't take too long to get back up and running.
Good news that the user data wasn't compromised too, one bright side at least.
Best of luck
Chris
Really Sorry to hear this - hope you are back up soon, some of us rely on your products :)
Frank, that is bad news, I hope you are back up and running soon...
Jason
:)
Frank, very sorry to hear this. If there is anything that any of us can do to help, please let us know.
Thank you all for your understanding and support! :)
Sorry to hear that too :(. Too much assholes out there! Rude word, but simply true.
Frank, as I said on Facebook, you and NWDA guys are one of the strongest motivators for art and new ideas with Terragen. So thanks for not quitting. That's a good sign for us.
Quote from: calico on April 15, 2013, 01:20:45 PM
Frank, as I said on Facebook, you and NWDA guys are one of the strongest motivators for art and new ideas with Terragen. So thanks for not quitting. That's a good sign for us.
so true.
your website was a essential resource for us TG users, beginners as well.
Thanks all. We'll be back at one point, but expect several months downtime. Maintaining a shop and website on private time is manageable. Building one up from scratch takes so much time, that it will have to stretch over a longer period.
One the positive side: I have not been satisfied much anymore with the old shop and pages. I have entertained the idea of starting from scratch every now and then, just never did it, as the time invest is probably too high for the potential benefit. Now, I'm forced to do it. Not nice, but it bears the chance for a better end result.
Cheers
Frank
Quote from: FrankB on April 16, 2013, 03:49:49 AM
Thanks all. We'll be back at one point, but expect several months downtime. Maintaining a shop and website on private time is manageable. Building one up from scratch takes so much time, that it will have to stretch over a longer period.
One the positive side: I have not been satisfied much anymore with the old shop and pages. I have entertained the idea of starting from scratch every now and then, just never did it, as the time invest is probably too high for the potential benefit. Now, I'm forced to do it. Not nice, but it bears the chance for a better end result.
Cheers
Frank
so, will there be a (new) NWDA community store? some point around once you get things rolling again perhaps?
:)
Quote from: Zlain three nine on April 18, 2013, 09:06:13 PM
so, will there be a (new) NWDA community store? some point around once you get things rolling again perhaps?
:)
It's a bit too early to say, Lane. I certainly hope so.
Frank
Very sorry to hear that NWDA got hacked Frank.
If I can help you in any way, let me know. Web development is what I do for a living.
Cheers, Anne CH Postma
I've got money says it was those wankers at cgpersia.com that did this, had run ins with them before.