We split funds into a hot wallet which is on a machine that we have physical access to, a warm wallet that is on a machine not directly connected to the internet, and a cold wallet which is not connected at all. All three wallets are safe and in our control. No Bitcoins have ever been kept on the DDoSed machine.
What I don't have access to yet is the checkpoint (savegame) files for Dragon's Tale which are generated every 3 minutes while the game server runs. These are on a machine at the same colocation facility as the compute servers. Once I do have access, we'll have Dragon's Tale back up within 30 minutes. (Plenty of backup hardware in the US is always ready to go; I just need the most recent checkpoint file to flip the switch.)
Teppy
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Not to be overly paranoid, but where's the Bitcoin wallet? Could these rinky dink Third World scammers be robbing the site blind?
Another update: I called Di(Teppy), he said that the Costa Rican ISP is currently preventing him from accessing the servers. We also have two physical server backups but both are held at the same data center, so he is not able to transfer any data over to the hardware in the US.
Maybe there's a reason someone was DDoSing those crooks. Sounds like their shit needs fucked up.
hmm y they not letting him access the server??
Another update: I called Di(Teppy), he said that the Costa Rican ISP is currently preventing him from accessing the servers. We also have two physical server backups but both are held at the same data center, so he is not able to transfer any data over to the hardware in the US.
Thanks for the update.
We're experiencing another outage due to a DDoS, which the ISP has confirmed is directed at us. I'm trying to get things moved back to the US temporarily - will update when I know more.
The game is back up. The ISP is telling me that the outage (10+ hours) was due to them re-configuring a firewall to be more resistant to future DDoS attacks. The way traffic flows between our servers looked to them like a DDoS. We may have another 1-2 hour outage in the next few days if they need us to reconfigure routing among our servers to accommodate their infrastructure - I haven't heard back yet if that will be necessary.
The server appears to be down. I'm sure we'll be getting terribly useful in-game updates some time after it comes up, whenever that is.
Is the client down again??
I just wanted to give this a quick review and state that I'm really enjoying my time in this. The community is excellent! The games are also a lot of fun when you win or know what you're doing (and if you don't, ask for a mentor!). I would suggest taking a few BTC in, because it makes your life easier, but it's awesome 
DDoS again or just a hiccup? Been down a few minutes.
EDIT: I'm back, site doesn't seem to have tons of people reconnecting, so maybe it's just me. Was down about 10 minutes to me.
EDIT: I'm back, site doesn't seem to have tons of people reconnecting, so maybe it's just me. Was down about 10 minutes to me.
nvm, just re-opened it again
So how do I fix this?
It's online but bitcoind is down so neither deposits nor cashouts can be made.
Diddly fucking squat. Great goddamn communication.
It's online again
Diddly fucking squat. Great goddamn communication.
Anyone hear anything new?
I managed to log on for the first time and say "Hello" for the level 1 quest before it crashed :p
Something like an update might be nice.
Bueller? Bueller?
Bueller? Bueller?
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