[Jimbuna]

I'll do my best to shed some light on this matter....

As many of you are now aware, SubSim found itself under a sustained and unprecedented attack yesterday from spammers base in the orient.

The timing was during sleeping hours across the pond and in the early hours of the morning here in the UK so you could say it happened during my watch.

The SubSim protocol already in place for such an event was immediately acted upon but such was the level of the attack no reasonable time could be given for a response so the decision was taken (by me) to go immediately to Defcon 1 in order that no further damage should be accomplished by these (insert appropriate expletive here).

In excess of 260 posts in various parts of the forum (mostly GT and SH3 Mods Workshop) as well as more than 20 accounts had to be hastily expunged because the attack was ongoing even as remedial action was being carried out.

At the conclusion further investigation showed at least one thread (music) and possibly more in GT had been lost. The outcome being that some members have lost posts and suffered a reduction in said post count (I personally lost 3500).

Personally speaking, I'm not overly bothered but if any member feels differently they should contact Neal and ask for a reinstatement of post count number.

Neal is investigating the possibility of reinstating any lost threads but it is not sure if that is possible.

I can only apologise for any detriment anyone feels they may have suffered, this was not intended but desperate times called for swift and decisive action and having spoken to Neal yesterday I take comfort in the fact he is happy in the actions I took.

Further protocols are now in place which hopefully will mean there is less possibility of such an event happening again.

Famous last words.