News:Furtopia forums down after hack

March

The forums of online furry community Furtopia are down, and will not be restored in their current form, says site administrator WhiteShepherd.

The site suffered several attacks believed to be rooted in vulnerabilities in the forum software, Ikonboard. A hacker reportedly vandalized the forums, defaced the websites of hosted furry artists, and ultimately erased the hard drive on which the site was stored. Just hours after a three-day rebuild following the attack, the site was "destroyed" again.

In his announcement, WhiteShepherd blames splinter forum LOLfurries for the attack, saying that "passwords and private messages" were stolen, and "re-posted on their forums in the interest of providing [them] amusement."

However, regulars of LOLfurries disclaim responsibility for the hacker's actions. Forum co-administrator Icono cites one "supercutefurri58" as the user responsible, mentioning that they used a proxy "at all times." The user joined the forums on October 5 last year. On March 2, the website was pulled offline, with a message from forum administrator RabidRick in its place.

Work is underway to set up a temporary forum for Furtopia members, which WhiteShepherd hopes will be up by Monday evening. He plans to import data from the old database when a permanent solution is in place.

On Wednesday, March 5th, Livejournal user, signing off as "supercutefurri58", posted a message to his blog disputing the events surrounding the attacks as well as the involvement of LOLfurries members. The message was linked from the community journal. It appears to claim responsibility for the attacks.