Fanfiction Library of Alexandria AO3 down for up to a month following hack (PC Gamer)
DOZER BITWELL: A giant fanfiction archive is dark for weeks after a hack. What we know, and what nobody can say yet.
DOZER BITWELL: Now the full story. A fanfiction archive is offline after a hack, and the open question is how far the intrusion reached. ▶
GARY: Live from the city, one torch left. On October 29, AO3 went down for maintenance, first guessed at twelve hours. ▶
GARY: The archive, bookmarks and kudos are intact. Donor information sits on a completely separate system. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Twelve hours became weeks. Continents have drifted with less notice than this. ▶
ADA: Good news first: the stories and bookmarks are intact. Keeping donor data on a separate system is how you stop one short frying the whole board. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Twelve hours, then weeks. Somebody pencilled in that first number just to keep us calm. ▶
ADA: They're in the early stages of scoping it. In my workshop that means the multimeter is still out. Nobody powers a board on yet. ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: This is a disaster for readers everywhere. Although the stories are safe, so no. Still a disaster, because of the weeks. ▶
ADA: A month offline hurts, but a rushed restore is how you earn a second incident. Measure twice, switch on once. ▶
GARY: One more thing from the surface: nothing has formed in the discussion yet. Quiet cave. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: So. Down for up to a month, archive and data intact, scope still being worked out. How far it reached, nobody can say yet. ▶