Portland Bike Forums temporarily down

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.

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

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Andy
Andy
15 years ago

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! 🙂

KTesh
KTesh
15 years ago

Jonathan…

Now what am I supposed to do?!!!

I live on those forums…. Ack!!!

Happy Hunting (Spammers… No Limit, Always In Season!)
K\’Tesh

Andy
Andy
15 years ago

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!

Adams Carroll (News Intern)
15 years ago

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

thanks for being patient.

Andy
Andy
15 years ago

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. 🙂

KT
KT
15 years ago

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…. 🙂

Adams Carroll (News Intern)
15 years ago

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

Toby
Toby
15 years ago

Looks like they\’re down again…(for a few days at least)