You may have read in the news about a2b2 / VAServ / cheapvps being hacked:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08 ... /comments/
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/0 ... by-hackers
http://66.71.245.2/~vaservc/
I think (fingers crossed) we have been lucky, as 50% of the servers were destroyed
This is why the forum has been down since Sunday
