OzBargain Went Offline for 2 Hours?

leonheart1 on 15/12/2014 - 21:02

Out of curiosity, what happened there? Server maintenance? DDoS attack? Forgot to pay the bills?

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[Deactivated] on 15/12/2014 - 21:03

DDoS attack
retiredfeline on 15/12/2014 - 21:03

https://twitter.com/ozbargain/status/544422044029706240
Moderatorscotty on 15/12/2014 - 21:06

See site issue announcement here.
blighst on 15/12/2014 - 21:07

Gerry Harvey wanting to prevent us from pre Xmas Bargaining :P
- Islund on 16/12/2014 - 08:56
  
  wonder who paid for the DDOS attack?
  
  Gerry? TGG? DSE?
iridiumstem on 15/12/2014 - 21:12

+1

The Good Guys apparently have 7pm to 7am night sales tonight. The server went down from 7:05 PM. Coincidence? I think not.
CyberMurning on 15/12/2014 - 21:25 Comment score below threshold.
GnarlyKnuckles on 15/12/2014 - 22:02

+9

Thank g-g-god OzB is back up, m-m-m-man… 2 hour's is about as long as I can g-g-go without a fix man…
I was close to relapsing into "erratic ebay bidding", "zany zilch searching" and "off-my-tree" Gumtree purchasing…
- [Deactivated] on 15/12/2014 - 22:04
  
  Tell me about it :(
Caped Baldy on 15/12/2014 - 22:19

+2

must have been ozbargained :p
Food on 15/12/2014 - 22:48

+1

Funny fb comment:
Gerryharvey.exe
terrys on 16/12/2014 - 10:31

I almost went out and bought something…