An ongoing battle
As some of you will have seen and read, we were maliciously attacked by hackers a couple of days ago. Over the last 48 hours Wedge has worked tirelessly to find the source of the attack and mend everything.
Our web site and main blog were seriously damaged by the hackers, and therefore our hosting providers shut everything down while they helped us clear things up. This has meant a sporadic service, with our web estate being unavailable for periods of time.
Google picked up on the problem too, and some of you may have experienced warning messages over our site or our main blog. Although our Tumblr has been unaffected, those of you with LifeSIGNS Tumblr accounts may also have seen warnings, but please be assured that no Tumblr accounts have actually been affected by the attack.
Wedge has been working closely with our hosting providers; the source of the attack has been established, and between them they’ve been able to get everything back up and running. It appears that Google have recognised this, are happy we’re safe, and have removed their warnings.
I don’t really know what else to say, except that this has been a horrible time. I personally don’t have much technical knowledge surrounding these things, and I’ve been unable to help Wedge in any practical way.
It’s been just awful to see our beautiful website under attack, and the timing couldn’t have been much worse as we’ve all been working so hard preparing for SIAD and selling our wristbands etc. Wedge hasn’t stopped battling with this for two days solid now, and I’ve just had to sit back and watch and wait and hope.
Anyway, I’m tentatively saying that everything should be OK now. There might still be some glitches while things get back to normal, but we’ll keep you informed along the way.
We’re very sorry for any inconvenience this attack has caused you and we’re grateful for your continued support.
Jules
