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25 Jan 2013, 08:01 AM | #1 |
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Runbox under attack
We are currently under a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, flooding our servers with requests and preventing legitimate logins to our services.
We're working to block the attackers now, so stay tuned. - Geir |
25 Jan 2013, 08:09 AM | #2 |
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thank you, geir. and OUCH!
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25 Jan 2013, 09:09 AM | #3 |
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We're still working to block the attackers on several levels of our network and we expect to be back up soon.
- Geir |
25 Jan 2013, 09:17 AM | #4 |
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We're back up now and intend to keep it that way.
- Geir |
25 Jan 2013, 10:25 AM | #5 |
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We still have problems, but working hard on fixing this.
Kim |
25 Jan 2013, 10:26 AM | #6 |
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not working for me
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25 Jan 2013, 10:48 AM | #7 |
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Please try again now, we're gaining control again.
- Geir |
25 Jan 2013, 10:56 AM | #8 |
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runbox down for me
Yeah -- Just as I sent this... I can now get in!! :-)
Hi, I haven't been able to get in for about an hour. US East Coast time .. 9:55pm. Any ideas when it will be back up? Thanks! |
25 Jan 2013, 01:28 PM | #9 |
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25 Jan 2013, 04:13 PM | #10 |
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I still can't send/download mail via Thunderbird. "smtp server secure.runbox.com timed out". It's been like that for 7-8 hours.
https://secure.runbox.com/ times out too. I'm in Norway. I see that the web page works via a US proxy. Last edited by bipbop : 25 Jan 2013 at 04:48 PM. |
25 Jan 2013, 05:10 PM | #11 |
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We had to block certain IP address ranges as part of our efforts to regain control for the majority of customers. It could be your IP is in one of those ranges. Please bear with us, the blocks will be removed as soon as possible.
Dave |
25 Jan 2013, 06:38 PM | #12 |
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Any clue why they'd target Runbox? Seems a bit bizarre...
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25 Jan 2013, 07:33 PM | #13 |
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Maybe someone got caught spamming and banned from Runbox and wanted to take revenge. Hiring a botnet to attack a website has become so cheap and easy these days, virtually anybody can attack anyone for any reason whatoever.
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25 Jan 2013, 08:22 PM | #14 |
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It works here again.
As for why Runbox; could it be a case of collateral damage? Maybe they had bigger fish to fry, and Runbox just got caught up in it? |
25 Jan 2013, 10:25 PM | #15 |
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Actually, we know who did it (roughly) and why, but for security reasons, we would rather not publish the details. We are needless to say taking steps to hopefully prevent this from happening again!
Liz |