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Re: Ancestry - Down Again ?
« Reply #162 on: Wednesday 18 June 14 22:13 BST (UK) »
Quote from: *Sandra* on Wednesday 18 June 14 22:08 BST (UK)
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Quote from: *Sandra* on Wednesday 18 June 14 19:56 BST (UK)
Just relaying the message of the Customer Solutions Associate at ancestry  - he called it a "fluke"

Sandra

Probably didn't really know what he was talking about. ;D ;D


Really. That's your opinion  :P

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Having worked in IT for over 15 years at the infrastructure level (at levels higher than helpdesk), YES.  Just because they work on ancestry's helpdesk does not mean they know what they are talking about and often just repeat what they've been told without thinking the problem through.
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Re: Ancestry - Down Again ?
« Reply #163 on: Wednesday 18 June 14 23:39 BST (UK) »
This is a reply from another group I subscribe to

Ancestry.com was involved in a cyber attack around 1:30 p.m. MT, June 16th.

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Re: Ancestry - Down Again ?
« Reply #164 on: Wednesday 18 June 14 23:50 BST (UK) »
It was (according to their tweets) a 'Distributed Denial of Service Attack' (DDOS)

Unfortunately it's incredibly difficult to thwart such an onslaught, so they're been doing incredibly well to keep the public informed and also keep some of the services running (even if it's intermittent or with reduced functionality).

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Re: Ancestry - Down Again ?
« Reply #165 on: Thursday 19 June 14 06:06 BST (UK) »
No luck yesterday with Ancestry.com
Still getting timed out this morning.

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« Reply #166 on: Thursday 19 June 14 09:12 BST (UK) »
Seems to be working ok for me at the moment on all the options.

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« Reply #167 on: Thursday 19 June 14 09:51 BST (UK) »
It seems the attackers have turned their attention to Facebook this morning.

Whilst of course such attacks in these instances cause inconvenience and frustration for us,taking a much wider view of these things the potential for disruption to much more vital services is very worrying.

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« Reply #168 on: Thursday 19 June 14 09:53 BST (UK) »
Is it the same denial of service attack William ? 

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« Reply #169 on: Thursday 19 June 14 09:59 BST (UK) »
Quote from: *Sandra* on Thursday 19 June 14 09:53 BST (UK)
Is it the same denial of service attack William ? 

Sandra

I wouldn't know Sandra,sorry!However I've just gained access to Facebook touch wood!

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Re: Ancestry - Down Again ?
« Reply #170 on: Thursday 19 June 14 10:03 BST (UK) »
Not quite up on facebook and twitter myself William, takes me all my time to operate a mobile phone.  ;D  Think they have had lots of attacks in the past.

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