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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #22
    phrannie51 said:

    Took me

    One hour and 20 minutes to sign in this morning....got the dogs walked, breakfast made, and a shower done while I waited.....

    The strange thing is.....once signed in, the site isn't all that bad.....it's the getting in that is screwed up.

    p

    Update

    You are right, signing in seems to be the delay....

    I finally got some news from Greta and she has communicated with her IT people... Not sure what they have in place, but the problem seems to be a the same each time... Tons and tons of SPAM attacks, mainly from non-US attackers.

    Not sure why this site is targeted so hard, or if it's an idustry thing and this site just isn't up to speed protection wise... LOL..., well we know it's not "Up to Speed"

    Best,

    John

     

  • greta
    greta Member Posts: 237
    #23
    Bot attacks

    Unfortunately, spammers have once again targeted CSN. There have been almost continuous bot attacks on CSN, some so severe as to cause the site to go down (which is their goal). Our IT team has been searching for and adding more security measures the last 4-5 days--night, day and through the weekend. Apparently, because we're an online community, have a high volume of visitors and have been the target of major attacks in the past, we are at high risk for future attacks. The IT team has a game plan to avert most of the attacks but I'm not sure of the timeline for completion. Very soon I should think.

    As for people using CSN private messages to spam/scam you... If you get weird email that doesn't feel right or make any sense, please let me know immediately. Send me a CSN pm with the username of the person and the nature of their letter. In addition, you can post it on the board to give others a heads up. We've had men looking for women, women looking for men, people asking for money or other help, selling products and services, promoting themselves/their business, researchers recruiting subjects for studies, journalists wanting to interview you, media people enticing you to be in a film/documentary, trying to convert you to follow them in whatever they are doing or believe in, etc. CSN prohibits the use of its site for solicitation of any kind.

    Best,
    Greta

     

  • Duggie88
    Duggie88 Member Posts: 760 Member
    #24
    I can't sign on

    If I could sign on I would also attest to not being able to sign on. I would tell Phrannie I also took a  shower and that didn't help, so now I sit crying the blues like Matt. I wish I could sign on so I could tell Matt those are some fine looking berries and if he wants to get back into ice cream eating shape we should hook up. With my ice cream churner and his berries we can certainly have one heck of a smorgasbord.

    If only I could sign on......................maybe if I swear and cuss......................Naaaa the wife always says that does nothing...........I'll just sit and wait.

          Me

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