Is XKEC down?

[kryten22uk]

Cant get on, keeps asking for passwords prior to downloading any pages.

[kryten22uk]

NormanD said:

Copy of letter from Mark Gregory the Chairman.

Dear Member
As some of you may have discovered we have had a problem over the last couple of days with our new website.
We have now discovered that the server on which our website sits has somehow been hacked into and has subsequently left all the sites sitting on the servers badly affected.
We have therefore decided as a safeguard to tempararily suspend both the website and forum for the next 7 days until such time that we can figure out how to rectify the problem.
I do apologise for this but we think it is in the members best interest that we take this necessary action sooner rather than later.
I will off course inform you when all is up and running again. Please bear with us but i do emphasise that it may take up to a week to resolve.
Regards
Mark
XKEC

Dont tell me he sent this out as a PM?!

[kryten22uk]

P700DEE said:

Now down for 3-4 weeks !! Guess this forum might get busier ?

Since when does a website go down for 3-4weeks! They should try harder than that.

[kryten22uk]

I dont get the David/Mark thing. Who are they? I wasnt referring to anyone personally, I just thought that it wouldnt normally take 3-4wks to get a website back up and running.

[kryten22uk]

What are the hackers trying to achieve? Free access to the forum?! I thought the point of hacking was to gain access or entry to information?