'Neowin' closes its doors

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
As a result of repeated DoS (denial of service) attacks, Neowin (the established IT hardware and software website/community) has been forced to close its doors.
Neowin admins:

This morning when I woke up I was met with an array of problems on the site due to the fact that a member was threatening DoS (denial of service) attacks towards Neowin. This has become a tiring re-occurring problem on Neowin since January instigated by a kid with too much power and no sense to put those skills to a good cause. Despite pleas with hosts and authorities this kid has got away with his unlawful activities against Neowin and many other sites (some affiliated with neowin) and continues to control a large botnet. Due to the fact that this kid has again seen fit to use his army of bots against my site and we are powerless to stop it we have decided to close down. We informed Rackshack to power down our server until further notice.

This decision wasn't easy, Neowin has been my life for the better part of 3 years, We have dedicated that time to help people and to help people stay informed about the latest news and releases for the IT sector. We don't get paid, we don't force anything on our members yet we are treated like this by a kid who doesn't even know us personally.

I am sad that one child can have so much influence on the web that he can destroy a service we offered for free to over 30,000 registrations. I have posted his details on our Neowin MSN community, you can view that here. I just want to close this message by saying thanks for your continued support over the last 3 years.

For more information:
http://www.warp2search.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14189#14189

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    Put the kid in jail along with all of his other buddies. It should NOT be tolerated. I want to see him coordinate a DoS attack from a prison cell.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited August 2003
    OMFG MOTHER OF GOD.

    NeoWin was my original home on the Internet for the better part of the last 3 years. I'm both shocked and appalled at how people have little or no regard to the tireless work that both NeoBond & RedMak put into that site and how they get treated.

    NeoWin was one of the LARGEST online communities, with over 30,000 active members.

    I hope this kid is brought to justice, vigilante style. :rarr::rarr::rarr:

    Rest In Peace NeoWin. :bawling:

    //Edit: The NeoWin MSN Online Community can be found @ http://groups.msn.com/neowinnet
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    :shakehead
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    They are back ---> Welcome back Neowin :)
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2003
    They need to put this kid in jail, unfortunately, he's only 13!!
  • SlickSlick Upstate New York
    edited August 2003
    Thats why there is juvinille hall.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    The worse they can probably do is take his PC away and fine him a few $k's.
  • SimGuySimGuy
    shouts out in joy!
    It's..... BACK!!!!!!!

    :celebrate
     Ottawa, Canada
    edited August 2003
    shouts out in joy!
    It's..... BACK!!!!!!!

    :celebrate
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    A tremendously big fuss over something that I knew would amount to bull**** in under three weeks.

    No website with even 5000 registered members is going down for something pitifully trivial like this.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    I had a feeling they wouldn't be down for too long. Either way though, I'm happy to see them back up.
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