[Abarbarian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8049780.stm

The attack took down the site's two servers and the owners had not established an external backup system.

I never play the game but this is really sad news. They should really have had a better backup strategy though.

[christopherpostill]

I'm gutted

[muckshifter]

13 years ... and no backup.


Pillocks.

[Abarbarian]

"Some have asked whether or not we had back-ups. Yes, we dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately, we backed up the servers between our two servers.

"The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to use one or the other back-up to remedy the situation."





They did try !

[muckshifter]

Yeah, I read that ...

I do not leave critical data on a PC and have at least two copies on CD/DVDs.

[floppybootstomp]

One has to ask - why?

Why are some people so evil?

Naivety on my part perhaps but events like this only give credence to those who think humankind is evil.

I always, always, look for the good in my own species. But things like this make me doubt myself.

Ok, I know there's much worse going down, but still....

What a strange bunch of animals we are, the human race.

[Abarbarian]

Originally Posted by floppybootstomp

One has to ask - why?

Why are some people so evil?

Naivety on my part perhaps but events like this only give credence to those who think humankind is evil.

I always, always, look for the good in my own species. But things like this make me doubt myself.

Ok, I know there's much worse going down, but still....

What a strange bunch of animals we are, the human race.

Karma will get them sooner or later and it always repays with interest.

As to why.

It is in their nature, cosmic balance an all.