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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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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?
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
@Foodie60 depends. You cheating on someone, laddie?
@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 · 22-25, F
@NerdyPotato “the wannabe data thieves” 🤣🤣😅