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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! 🌷
helenS · 36-40, F
@helenS Someone downvoted my reply. I wonder why –
I tried to be kind and nice; I wanted to put a smile on their faces 😐
JackDaniels · 46-50, M
@helenS You were. You never know about human behavior.
helenS · 36-40, F
@JackDaniels Thank you 😔
JackDaniels · 46-50, M
@helenS You are so welcome. You post was great.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@helenS The fact that someone downvoted your comment says volumes about them and nothing about you. 🫂
helenS · 36-40, F
@sarabee1995 Thank you so much
🌷🌷🌷 <== three tulips for you!
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shinyplasticlove · 51-55, M
@sarabee1995 How do you see if someone downvoted a comment?
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