(edit title) Last night the TL was down Too many readers - or hacked? Options

[Hisingen]

Have those 'in power' on the TL any explanation for the down-time of this site last night? I was in, and reading when there was a stop, then a short go, before nothing, followed by a card saying the site was suffering from something or other.. Did anyone else experience the same thing, and have they got any replies regarding the stoppage?

[byke]

It was on and off again last night.

Lets just hope it wasn't this, being mis sold as something else.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19828855

[Gamla Hälsingebock]

My intelligence sources have informed me that there was a lot anti-gravity laser activity in the area of one of our star posters here...at the time the un-named individual was online with TheLocal, thereby causing the interruptions that which you so accurately described.

I think this topic should be steered to the conspiracy area of this board...rather than just plain "hacking vandals"...this has deeper implications than you could possibly imagine.

I have also been told the... t-03887i88754e33w1 piw oh1... I'm breaking up... 0094876&%@^78e,... what's ...239*^$%$0986 54... .help... there is no mercy here...I'm doomed....043095878&^%%

Attention! The poster formally named Gamla has been transferred to a re-education center where he will learn to love Big ?.

Peace!!!!!!!

THF

[Hisingen]

RIP GH. May your shadow never grow less.

What is that I hear. Voices in the media? My computer is flickering, Oh No. They are coming in through the screen.

Wait for me GH. The attackers are coming through the do o o oo o
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[Bender B Rodriquez]

It was down because the lunch story became first page material at reddit.com, thus overloading the servers with traffic...