Avsim.....is gone!!!!

eddie · 05-13-09, 04:16 PM

Here is a press release from Avsim, incase you haven't heard, their site was hacked and pretty well destroyed! They also knocked out the server which included their backups.

PRESS RELEASE: AVSIM Hacked!!

Tom Allensworth, CEO and Publisher of AVSIM, today issued the following announcement; “We regret to inform the flight simulation community that on Tuesday, May 12, AVSIM was hacked and effectively destroyed. The method of the hack makes recovery difficult, if not impossible, to recover from. Both servers, that is the library / email and web site / forum servers were attacked. AVSIM is totally offline at this time and we expect to be so for some time to come. We are not able to predict when we will be back online, if we can come back at all. We will post more news as we are able to in the coming days and weeks. "

Pretty sad when they target a website like that, just think of all the files they hosted over the years.

05-13-09, 04:16 PM	#1
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Avsim.....is gone!!!! Here is a press release from Avsim, incase you haven't heard, their site was hacked and pretty well destroyed! They also knocked out the server which included their backups. PRESS RELEASE: AVSIM Hacked!! Tom Allensworth, CEO and Publisher of AVSIM, today issued the following announcement; “We regret to inform the flight simulation community that on Tuesday, May 12, AVSIM was hacked and effectively destroyed. The method of the hack makes recovery difficult, if not impossible, to recover from. Both servers, that is the library / email and web site / forum servers were attacked. AVSIM is totally offline at this time and we expect to be so for some time to come. We are not able to predict when we will be back online, if we can come back at all. We will post more news as we are able to in the coming days and weeks. " Pretty sad when they target a website like that, just think of all the files they hosted over the years.