Site Outage This Morning

Site Outage This Morning

Our first DDoS attack...

Written by TrueAchievement on 05 May 12 at 12:31

Good morning all

I just wanted to let you know what was happening when the site was offline for some time this morning.

We were subject to our first ever DDoS attack which took down the server for around an hour from 10am BST, as well as a couple of minutes at around 2am BST.

I am working on some preventative measures to stop this from happening again, which has included blocking a lot of IP addresses - if you ever find you can't access the site then please send us a direct message on our Twitter - @TrueAchievement and we'll endeavour to get you sorted as quickly as possible.

It's also useful to follow this account to be kept up to date if the site is down for any reason.

Thanks guys!

TA
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aps42
138,841
aps42 - why do people and publications keep saying FC3: blood dragon was thought to be a joke. it was never thought to be a joke
138,841  TrueAchievements points150 posts
Last post: 01 May at 19:33
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:32
but TA is harmless and helpful, it antagonises no one, it is hard to understand the motivation behind this
aps42
xiphumbra
37,221
xiphumbra
37,221  TrueAchievements points157 posts
Last post: 21 May at 08:58
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:32
Why the hell would anyone even want to do such a thing to this site (or any site for that matter)?
YODA12320
578,491
YODA12320 - Halo 4 BB USA DOTD $17.99 today only :P http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Halo 4 - Xbox 360/2856544.p?id=1218358274527&skuId=2
578,491  TrueAchievements points344 posts
Last post: 19 May at 23:35
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:32
Sorry to hear that...
Regards; Yoda12320
Le Red Squirrel - Currently working on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier
6 posts
Last post: 20 May 12 at 12:54
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:33
Why would you DDos this site? =/
planting42
372,398
planting42 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22553003 - OMFG!
TrueAchievements Community Events OrganizerTrueAchievement Ratio: 1.71812,960 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 16:40
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:33
Did we annoy Anonymous?

Great job getting it sorted. Who would want to take down TA?
www.GTASC.net
SilentHunter382 - Just playing games I haven't completed the main story.
88,628  TrueAchievements pointsDonated to TrueAchievements.com724 posts
Last post: 26 Apr at 09:16
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:33
Keep up the good work Richard. :)
THEpaynexkiller - PC gaming. Sorry.
75,814  TrueAchievements pointsTrueAchievement Ratio: 1.3671152 posts
Last post: 23 Apr at 18:06
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:36
If TA Goes down the addiction goes away!

*insane muttering about fire and such*
The new and improved.
Graymouse 1
34,876
Graymouse 1 - No BC but who really wants to play old games on a new system. . . .
TrueAchievements Game Info EditorTrueAchievements Newshound1,974 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 22:36
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:37
Ah, that would explain why I couldn't access the site a couple of hours ago. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into running this site.
We shouldn't worry about being able to achieve our dreams, as long as we have the desire to do it
Fatal Factor
47,033
Fatal Factor - Cheevos
Achievement Completion Percentage: 73.01% (Includes owned DLC) - 21 more achievements required to reach 74%75 posts
Last post: 25 Apr at 17:23
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:38
Wow, 4 years and you just got your first ddos? Thats really good going. This just means youre a real website now :>

Protip, use cloudflare, dont faff about banning botnet IPs.
dropK1CK ninJA - Double XP in BF3 for the weekend.
207,849  TrueAchievements pointsAchievement Completion Percentage: 94.66% (Includes owned DLC) - 21 more achievements required to reach 95%4,301 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 23:24
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:39
You're legit now!
PainAmbassador
Achievement Completion Percentage: 9.94% (Includes owned DLC)394 posts
Last post: 27 Aug 12 at 02:06
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:41
Thanks for the quick response in dealing with that! =)
United States Army ~ Hooah ~
Chi T0wn420
237,792
Chi T0wn420 - Packers Suck Balls
237,792  TrueAchievements points49 posts
Last post: 14 Feb at 19:07
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:42
Herd someone from 360achievements.org was behind this.
Captain Spacker - Lovefilm is a fantastic service but they sure take the piss when you try to cancel
381,042  TrueAchievements points155 posts
Last post: 22 Sep 12 at 10:31
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:42
*Confused face* Yeah, I hate it when that happens???
Kinkii Mono
183,618
Kinkii Mono
Site HelperTrueAchievement Ratio: 1.9742225 posts
Last post: 15 May at 21:58
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:42
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
REDZERO UK
219,938
REDZERO UK
TA Pro user44 completed games(Includes owned DLC)46 posts
Last post: 07 May at 18:15
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:43
Cheers for sorting it but what assholes get off on DDos attacks, I mean how does it benefit them in any way??!!! TA FTW!!!
KillieExile
328,644
KillieExile - NG3R MISSION 2.2 MASTER NINJA COMPLETE.
328,644  TrueAchievements pointsTrueAchievement Site Rank: 1,373 out of 206,573129 posts
Last post: 09 Mar at 12:47
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:43
For the layman, what is a ddos?
Cereal Offenda
159,153  TrueAchievements points53 completed games(Includes owned DLC)84 posts
Last post: 05 May at 10:11
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:44
Surprised to say the least, nothing but good work from TA, don't make no sense, HUNT 'EM DOWN, easier said than done i know, but still possible, good job on getting up to speed again
DARTH JAS
106,311
DARTH JAS - Join the Dark side we have cake and punch
106,311  TrueAchievements points8 posts
Last post: 10 May 12 at 13:01
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:46
An attack on TA what next

"dogs and cats... Living together... Mass hysteria"

Great job getting the site back up I can't play Xbox without it
Well it just wouldn't be as fun
Join the dark side we have cake
XPhilesinIA
237,714
XPhilesinIA - At the very least I can buy an Xbox One and sell it around Christmas time for bukoo bucks.
237,714  TrueAchievements pointsTrueAchievement Ratio: 1.7173967 posts
Last post: 22 May at 15:23
Posted on 05 May 12 at 12:46
what if you are blocked and cant read where to go to get your ip whitelisted? ;)

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