Slow and 500 internal server error message

[StillGotMy1stCar]

Is it just me, the forum has been slow for a couple of days, today it is very slow with server error messages.

[les]

Yes, slow and server error. Spider doing well though.

[Chief]

I couldn't even access it at all, no errors etc. just too slow to load but never timing out - seems find now though.

One thing though is, another forum I was visiting which is also phpbb has the exact same issue going on, maybe a recent board update is the cause?

[StillGotMy1stCar]

Thanks Les, if it’s a money spider, it’s not working.
The forum does appear to be back to normal after failing completely last night and this morning.
Thanks guys in the back ground, namely Simon.

Regards John

[simmitc]

This was a DOS / DDOS attack against the board. I shut down the server to protect it and have now installed additional protection, hopefully this will solve the issue. There has been no loss or breach of data. I can understand (but not condone) the bad guys attacking M&S, Co-op and Harrods, but why pick on the MMOC?

Hopefully all will now be OK for a while.

[les]

It’s still hit and miss for me, however thanks for your efforts Simon.

[geoberni]

Seems to be up and running at the moment, but a bit slow still.
Thanks to Simon.

[Bill_qaz]

Thanks for your efforts Simon, all seems back to normal

[geoberni]

Seems like Simon has managed to sort it out at some point today.
Many thanks Simon.
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