Portland Bike Forums temporarily down

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on July 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am

This is a just a notice that the Portland Bike Forums are temporarily down.

Over the weekend, some sort of annoying spam/security breach resulted in every one of the 800 or so members being sent an email that said:

“Your account on Portland Bike Forums (by BikePortland.org) has been locked because someone has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.”

I am looking into the issue and have decided to close the forums while I upgrade the forum software and remedy the situation.

Thanks to everyone who emailed me about this and I apologize for any inconvenience.

I will announce the opening of the forums here as soon as I can.

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Posted on July 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am. Filed under Page Two. Feel free to respond.

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8 Responses to “Portland Bike Forums temporarily down”

1. Andy
   July 7th, 2008 19:24
   1

   I'm not sure it'd necessarily be a vB version issue. Seemed more like someone simply tried to brute force every acct in the memberlist. Good luck w/ the upgrade, and we're all eager to get back in! :)

2. KTesh
   July 7th, 2008 20:08
   2

   Jonathan...

   Now what am I supposed to do?!!!

   I live on those forums.... Ack!!!

   Happy Hunting (Spammers... No Limit, Always In Season!)
   K'Tesh

3. Andy
   July 8th, 2008 07:27
   3

   Oh, the spammer stories I could tell... :p

   Ack! See what you've done to us, Jonathan?! We're turning the blog into a forum! Little pig, little pig, let us in!

4. Jonathan Maus (Editor)
   July 8th, 2008 08:21
   4

   sorry guys... hope to have it upgraded and re-opened before noon today.

   thanks for being patient.

5. Andy
   July 8th, 2008 12:14
   5

   Good luck, Jonathan! I can't say I've ever seen a vB upgrade go "as planned". Just the nature of the beast. ;) We'll just keep jamming up the blog until then. :)

6. KT
   July 14th, 2008 14:25
   6

   I'm with K'Tesh.... :) Now what am I supposed to do in the mornings? Work? Argh! :)

   Hopefully the forums'll come back up soon.... I realize you've been a bit busy lately.... :)

7. Jonathan Maus (Editor)
   July 14th, 2008 17:09
   7

   Hey folks... sorry for the downtime.. The Forums are now up again!

8. Toby
   July 23rd, 2008 15:39
   8

   Looks like they're down again...(for a few days at least)

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