rfuk

[bowdenmx]

just wonderd if anyone on here uses reptileforums.co.uk. i cant seem to get on the site. just wonderd if anyone else has the same problem.
cheers
Ben

[infernalis]

http://www.ssnakess.info/forum/warning.gif

[Zincubus]

Apparently CaptiveBred AND also RFUK forums have BOTH been hacked , presumably by anti-reptile people.

Hope our defences are in place !

[infernalis]

Apparently CaptiveBred AND also RFUK forums have BOTH been hacked , presumably by anti-reptile people.

Hope our defences are in place !

Captive bred pulls up fine. and I doubt we will get hacked.

[Donnie]

Here are a couple of posts from their Facebook page;

Admin Note and Problem Update: Here at RFUK we would like to apologise for the main site still being down..

We were the victims of a DOS(Denial of Service Attack). The problem is being dealt with as we speak and hopefully very soon we will be up and running again.

Simon.
Administrator.


Tuesday Afternoon Admin Update:

Sorry folks we are still not active. I have spoken to the big chief and the technical team and am reliably informed that RFUK will be back up and running within twenty four hours. Quite possibly a lot sooner.

An awful lot of money has been spent to bring down RFUK, which is all I can say at this time about the situation. As a result we at RFUK have spent an awful lot of money protecting the system which once up and running I am reliably informed will be totally safe and secure. No personal information has been taken so everyone's details are safe.

Other Reptile sites have been or are also under attack. Hopefully we can all work together and get things back on line for our hobby and bring prosecutions against those who find the need to sabotage what we all love.

Simon.
Administrator.

[bigsnakelove]

Here are a couple of posts from their Facebook page;

who ever done the this attack are very sad... we dont do anything for anyone else's hobby so why mess around with our hobby...

[Donnie]

It would be interesting to know who has done it but I doubt we will ever find out

[bigsnakelove]

It would be interesting to know who has done it but I doubt we will ever find out

ahh can say that again, childish tbh with you

[Mark Taylor]

Obviously nothing better to do with there pathetic lives..

[bigsnakelove]

Obviously nothing better to do with there pathetic lives..

yep i agree

[bowdenmx]

i dont have facebook so thanks for the replies guys. i did wonder if it was hacked or somthing. some people just have nothing better to do i guess.

[Stephan Grundy]

I was wondering what was wrong - I'm pretty regularly on RFUK and hadn't been able to get on for a day or so, but I'd assumed the site was just undergoing maintenance or something.

What kind of jackasses would go to that kind of trouble to interfere with a non-political, utterly inoffensive-to-anyone hobby forum? Nutcases("serpents are THE DEVIL", sort of thing)? Or just jerks seizing on a random target?

[infernalis]

scary thing is, this nut job has a high IQ and knows the way around a server.

[shaunyboy]

scary thing is, this nut job has a high IQ and knows the way around a server.

imo probaly some one who works in the computer industry,with a sympathetic view to the anti's

or some very clever nerd,who never leaves his bedroom or deals with the real world

cheers shaun

[SnakeyJay]

If a lot of money has been spent to bring down a uk forum then my guess would be the APA (animal protection agency)... They'd have the funding and motive.

They're on a vendetta against reptiles in the Uk at the moment. Last year quite a few shows were closed due to them using propaganda and scare tactics on local councils... Amongst death threats and bomb threats towards the expo's.. Sad times.