Ancestry.com and it's site FindAGrave site fell victim to a sustained DDOS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack> (Distributed Denial of Service) Attack. For those who thought it was their own computer or internet service preventing them from accessing Ancestry.com you can rest easy. You can read updates at https://www.facebook.com/Ancestry.com
Read more: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/06/panic-ensues-ddos-attack-brings.html#ixzz34ur3s0XL Bernie On 17/06/2014 10:11 AM, Bill Hoff wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > Not sure of the reason but I cannot link to the internet and > Ancestry.com from Family Tree Maker or from the internet. But then I’m > a new Legacy user having just recently switched from Family Tree > Maker. At the moment I’m recovering from a failed hard drive with the > new hard drive installed just yesterday. Only trying to use Family > Tree Maker until I can get my media files scrubbed in Legacy as they > did not transfer to Legacy so well. > > So the bottom line is no I can’t get on Ancestry, not sure why, > message in Family Tree Maker says I’m not online (not true) or > firewall blocking – maybe so because I’m no computer expert by a long > shot, but antivirus software does show Family Tree Maker as being > allowed. So I’m unsure why but everything I’ve touched for the past > few days, well you know how that is! > > Bill > > *From:*Marilyn Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:59 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry & findagrave > > Ancestry.com and all its holdings (FindAGrave, RootsWeb, etc) are > suffering from a Denial of Service. Fold3 seems unaffected. > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Bill <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > All of a sudden I can't get into Ancestry.com or findagrave.com > <http://findagrave.com> from legacy or from the internet. Does anybody > know if something is going on since ancestry bought findagrave. > > Bill > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
