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SimilarWorlds is overloaded - what's happening

Hello,

In the past 3 days, we have been experiencing a number of DDoS attacks.
This means that many bots (from countless IP addresses) are attacking SW, all at the same time, for several minutes/hours, causing the site to go down (and you seeing a "SW is overloaded" error message).

We are currently working on a solution for this, but we're simply not ready yet to make the switch right now.

We're doing all we can, and we hope by tomorrow this will be fully mitigated, to prevent these attacks from being effective again in the future.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Your data is safe.

Kind regards.
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helenS · 36-40, F
Most horrible thing that can happen to a system administrator. Good luck to you guys, we love you! 🌷
WoWgirll · 36-40, F
@goliathtree cyber security has levels theirs isn't on the correct one . Now we may get screwed because of corner cutting cost.

Thank you a lot 🙄
Poor you
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KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@helenS Only three Tulips.....half a dozen I would have thought. Here are the missing ones 🌷🌷🌷@sarabee1995
SW-User
KarenDuponteDurose · 51-55, F
I was struggling for a while.

Nice to know you are on the case!

🕵
@KarenDuponteDurose hi Ms Karen!
SW-User
I blame the French for this. @Elessar
Miram · 31-35, F
@SW-User They work for Tenete
Elessar · 31-35, M
@SW-User It's because the servers saw this:

https://similarworlds.com/countries/italy/4890605-I-bet-in-your-country-you-dont-have-websites-that-only-stay

And they're striking to have similar rights as ours

✊🏻🗄
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
Thanks for letting us know. Good luck! We love you
Zaphod42 · 51-55, M
Weird they’d target SW with what amounts to a mild inconvenience for the users, but ok 🤷‍♂
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Zaphod42 mild?! Pshaw!

How am I supposed to pimp out the harem of catfish? Retirees need money!
SpectralMourning · 46-50, M
Luna is taking this place over.
Tumbleweed · F
Thank you Nuno
BlueVeins · 26-30
Any idea why someone's doing this?
Miram · 31-35, F
@BlueVeins Yes, to help us deal with our high surge dopamine dependency
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@BlueVeins North Korea.
They want to use SW Coins as a new currency.
BlueVeins · 26-30
@basilfawlty89 probably more reliable than USD at this point lol
MoveAlong · 70-79, M
Mmmm. I use a VPN to go to certain sites that Alabama has banned. Sometimes I forget to switch back before I go to SW. Can that cause a problem?
MoveAlong · 70-79, M
@JoyfulSilence It's legal to fk but you can't watch someone do it. Strange
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
@MoveAlong

Are you being repressed?

It's
MoveAlong · 70-79, M
@JoyfulSilence LOL, I most certainly am.
Aren't there laws prohibiting such activity. If not we really need to demand congress impose stiff penalties to including blocking the servers where such activities come from.
TurtlePink · F
@Heartlander there is but it’d be kinda hard to do that since these attackers are probably foreign and they use VPNs along with botnets across multiple countries, so it’d be difficult to trace and prosecute somebody doing it especially if they arent in the same country as the admins.
@TurtlePink Understand, and this as well as the number of attempted blackmail emails I receive, it seems like the internet is open to sabotage by bad people with impunity.
TurtlePink · F
@Heartlander so much evil out there.
Thank you for the info
exchrist · 36-40
Thanks for update! It’s probably the GOP!
exchrist · 36-40
@helenS I see it too! blessings upon you and yours! god save the queen!?
helenS · 36-40, F
@exchrist Aaahhh... the Queen! 🫅🏼
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wackidywack · 26-30
@OogieBoogie hey....
AuRevoir · 36-40, M
I hope the mystery is uncovered. It would be fun to see where the location the attacks are coming from traced back to…
SW-User
I have not encountered any issues as of yet but thank you for the update
TaraRex · 18-21, F
Wow, I didn't realize people would wanna attack this website 😔. Good luck!
bookerdana · M
Someone said they ere having trouble logging in yesterday..thanks for the update
TurtlePink · F
We really appreciate you telling us this instead of leaving us in the dark.
faery · F
Data not compromised presently
@faery the goal of DDoS attacks isn't to steal data, so unless another group starts something different, our data will remain safe.
faery · F
@NerdyPotato True but it's probably a secondary goal
SW-User
@NerdyPotato What data would att4ckers even get off here?
About all the catfish with AI pics?
About all the incels trying to flirt?

Or about how miserable some people's lives are? I think if someone is lucky enough to have web access, life cannot be THAT bad.
dale74 · M
Keep up the good hard frustrating work
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@dale74 that's what the sex therapist said when I started SSRIs and had anorgasmia.
helenS · 36-40, F
@dale74 Working as a system admin is both, frustrating and satisfying.
SW-User
Thank you, Nuno, Andrew and Admin team. We appreciate it very much!
Finchy · 41-45, T
What a terrible thing to happen. Good luck getting it resolved
TurtlePink · F
Are we gonna be ok?
SW-User
@TurtlePink Yeah, some people's life support isn't going anywhere.
nevergiveup · 61-69, M
Thanks for the update
Lisa82 · 41-45, F
Saying prayer for you
GeorgeTBH · 36-40, M
You can do it 🤘
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@Jennisexi no, as the post says, your data is safe and a solution is worked on. SW won't go anywhere.
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Jennisexi I mean, one day.
Like when our sun becomes a red dwarf, or the potential heat death of the universe.
@helenS thank you for using your knowledge if such things for answering so many of the questions.
gregloa · 61-69, M
NYCChick · 31-35, F
There is a software that stops those attacks saw a article in the wall street journal a few months ago talking about it
Adstar · 56-60, M
Yes i have experienced this site locking up a few times over the last couple of days.. Now i know why..
That's bizarre... I didn't think that many people kbew about sw
helenS · 36-40, F
@AbsolutelyFabulous It may be a random attack on an arbitrary server complex, perhaps to test the bot's efficiency.
Foodie60 · 36-40, M
@AbsolutelyFabulous yeah me too
markinkansas · 70-79, M
dont worry its just trumps attack on free speech.. and i hope that is a joke.
ABCDEF7 · M
Hope they help, as they claim.

https://www.hetzner.com/unternehmen/ddos-schutz

Otherwise you can move to more reliable hosting provider, or have an own DDoS firewall protection.
caPnAhab · 26-30, M
I've noticed issues. Thanks for the update
Thank you for working on this and keeping us safe.
WendySexyshoes · 31-35, T
Of all things..thanks for the info Nuno
Fishy · 36-40, F
Wonder what their deal is? ;/
Hello Nuno, I have a question, I don’t know where to post it so I will ask here.

Do you think you (and Admin) would ever consider making an option to be able to completely close our inbox from receiving any messages? The same way you can close the whiteboard from receiving comments on it?

I really want a feature like that.
Is there some other settings that can filter it out even more? @Nuno
Nuno · Admin
@deathfairy Thank you for the feedback. There are no other settings to filter even more. We'll bring this to internal discussion.
Thank you so much!

I don’t know if this will help, but I just want to share this also.
https://similarworlds.com/groups/similar-worlds/5509197-If-we-had-the-option-to-close-our-inbox-to-private-messages

Sorry I don’t know how to link posts into comments. 😅
@Nuno
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Anniedlr · 31-35, F
Good luck getting it sorted out 🙂
Quimliqer · 70-79, MVIP
Thank you for having our backs!!
Thanks for the update!
DesiDudeJ04 · 31-35, M
Thanks, Nuno ❤
Foodie60 · 36-40, M
Ashley Madison data was hacked/leaked back in 2015 and users were blackmailed. Is it the same kind of a thing going on with SW?
@Foodie60 no, when the servers are overloaded, wannabe data thieves can't access them either. Those goals are mutually exclusive.
Foodie60 · 36-40, M
@NerdyPotato thanks for the info 👍
TurtlePink · F
@NerdyPotato “the wannabe data thieves” 🤣🤣😅
wackidywack · 26-30
switch, what switch, I hope it's not too drastic
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Miram yeah. And?
Miram · 31-35, F
@basilfawlty89 And "good , boy"?
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Miram thanks!
Do I get anything?
braveheart21 · 61-69, M
👍👍👍
GuyWithOpinions · 31-35, M
I havent really noticed any issues but its good to see this place has great support. Thank you for this community.
PDXNative1986 · 36-40, MVIP
If you feel comfortable, do inform us of who it is that decided to attack. Any sense of motives if it becomes clearer. please?

 
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