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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts View Post
Yes, that's correct. The Pelican parts forums are currently under what is known as a DOS (Denial of Service Attack). Someone has turned several thousand hacked machines to our site here in an attempt to bring it down. I'm working on several solutions to combat this issue.

-Wayne
DDOS a board like this? Who have you kicked off the forums recently?

Seriously though...
Have you received a Western Union ransom message or anything? This stuff is usually about money.
Also any idea how many IPs are hitting you?
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Old 05-03-2012, 09:06 PM
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