Attacks on LEGO Sites
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The Eurobricks LEGO fan forum recently faced a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, causing the site to go offline. Fortunately, the Eurobricks team has implemented a fix, and the site is now back online.
The attack involved flooding the Eurobricks servers with excessive traffic, which overwhelmed the site and made it inaccessible to users. Simultaneously, The Lego Car Blog (TLCB) has also experienced an unusual surge in traffic. They've received the same number of daily visits as they usually get in a month. Most of these visits originate from a single U.S. desktop, suggesting a potential coordinated effort.
While TLCB has managed to stay online, the increased traffic raises concerns about potential attacks. The blog's team encourages readers to report any difficulties accessing the site.
It's great to see Eurobricks back up and running, and hopefully, TLCB can continue to operate smoothly. If you're a LEGO fan, you might want to check out LEGO building books for inspiration.
Regular readers of this shady corner of the internet will know that one of the sites our Elves frequent for models is Eurobricks, an expansive fan forum containing thousands of Lego topics. However over the past week it’d been very quiet from our Eurobricks based Elves, so we headed there ourselves to check it out […]
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