InvidiaRed

Even though I got an early start on my story, it’s been coming along only slowly. It should be finished in the coming week, though. 
Hope we’ll be able to post our stories by Halloween.

41014 – palindrome!

Both Manta and I are working on exactly that.  Of course, right now, IRL job is interfering a wee bit, as I’m having to pull extra hours yet again, so that slows me down.

I wonder if we could combine it with roman sentiments?

I’m working on something, that will hopefully coalesce before Samhain.  

Lemme guess… slowly roasting a hacker over an open fire?

41000

Don’t forget to rest please.

Don’t forget to rest please.

Unfortunately, we got a series of SQL injection attacks a couple days ago again, so we are both doing a deep dive.  Manta into code, and me into general data.  In the meantime, you can still read, forum posts still work, and we will try and get this sorted as quick as we can.

I do understand, and I appreciate the concern you have for the site’s safety.

By lucky coincidence, a genetic mutation makes them impervious to garlic-infused holy water, it’s now a health tonic.  They also use silver bolts for toothpicks, after all, dental hygiene is important for those perfect pearly whites!  Anyways, make sure to get *ALL* their hearts to thwart the regeneration process. 
Yeah, mostly harmless, like the earth.

I’m prone to speculation when trying to figure out the motivation behind our attacker, and the “crusader” crossed my mind as one possibility—somebody who thinks the ends justify the means.  Hypocrisy is great in fiction, not so wonderful in real life.

Access to the database itself is strictly controlled. Only DemonGoddess and manta2g have direct access. My moderating staff is exceedingly small, and doesn’t have the limited abilities that I have as lead moderator. I’ve met most of them in person, and I am entirely sure that none of my moderators are responsible for this series of attacks. Further, I myself run Malwarebytes Premium daily on my computer, and take every precaution when I have occasion to visit other sites in the course of my moderating duties. I know it’s easy to point a finger at human beings, and wonder if they are the proximate cause of the issues, but in this case, you’re way off base.
The idea of using immoral means to achieve what a person believes is a moral end is neither improbable or unheard of, in my experience. Hypocrisy is as much a common human trait as any other, and the same people who email me demanding that I remove a story they dislike would scream the loudest if I removed a story they did like. It’s naïve to think otherwise.

I wonder if we could combine it with roman sentiments?

The Wicker Man is way more fun anyway…. 

Sorry, I should’ve mentioned that was hyperbole on my part, not trying to imply that we need to resort to firearms.

I don’t think we need to escalate to the point of firearms. 
However, we are not the only site that hosts adult fiction, and I don’t think the attack is because of our content. I do think we need to secure the site as much as is possible against this sort of incursion, and I do think we need to, at the very least, report the attacker to his/her ISP if not to the Federal authorities who investigate cybercrimes. There’s no financial gain to be had from attacking us, and the attacks appear to be intended to disrupt the normal operations of the site. The attacks redirect our members to sites of dubious provenance and probable malware, which is my concern. We value our members, and don’t want to have our site used to harm them.
So, once again, NEVER CLICK ON LINKS THAT YOU DON’T KNOW and make sure your antivirus/malware protections are up to date. Secure yourself with two-factor authentication, and change your passwords regularly if you’re not using two-factor authentication. This is something we all need to do to protect ourselves.

Actually working on finding the what, the why, and how right now, the both of us.  Manta is taking a break while I do my part of the deep dive.

It will depend on what kind of documentation we can put together, but I’d be more than happy to deal with IC3 and their endless bureaucracy. I’m used to Federal agencies and paperwork.

AFAICT, the content here is legal, even if it’s of dubious quality/morals, and would thus be protected by the first amendment.  I don’t know if we have any agents amongst us willing to take up the cause.
I guess I’m frustrated, because this hacker appears determined to hijack our website for their own dubious means, and it’s mean/rude and denies us the ability to post/publish/review.  While Manta’s doing her level best to overhaul/patch, we’re not Google or Microsoft or Facebook with an army of coders, so I fear this cycle may repeat itself, ad nauseum.

Argh. Maybe we need to enlist that fellow on YouTube who hacks phone spammers…  

The archive is back in read-only mode at the moment. Our attacker has been quite persistent, and our coder and tech admin are working as quickly as possible to close off all vulnerabilities so we can once again operate normally. Unfortunately, our coder has had to use back-up data to restore the archive even in the read-only mode, which may be why the new chapter is lost despite your having gotten reviews on the story.
Bear with us, please. Our coder and admin are working on this as fast as they can, given the time constraints of their actual employment and other obligations. 

We are unfortunately back in read-only mode for the time being, while our admins deal with the latest round of attacks. I can’t tell you when that will end, so please be patient with us.

Hello everyone.  Glad the site is up again.  Thank you for your hard work in making that happen.

I logged in and now I can’t find the link to submit new stories.  Is that possible right now, or is it simply the archives that have been restored?   How can I get to the submission page?