BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Posts going missing??

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 18, 2015 10:14 pm

Has anyone else noticed this since they rebooted the forum this afternoon?

**Posted by Harriet** February 18, 2015 10:18 pm

Yes, all after 1:16 pm are gone. You can see it in the list, no posts after.

Last edited by Harriet (February 18, 2015 10:19 pm)

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 18, 2015 10:19 pm

Well, apart from the ones that people are making right now.

**Posted by Harriet** February 18, 2015 10:25 pm

The funny thing is that Susi's VF thread from 12:26 pm had disappeared after the first breakdown and is now back

Last edited by Harriet (February 18, 2015 10:25 pm)

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** February 18, 2015 10:26 pm

I've posted some stuff after the forum came back up... it's gone.

I'm honestly holding back on sharing 'good stuff' at the moment.

Any news on when, or if already, it's safe to post?

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 18, 2015 10:32 pm

I'm trying to find out! :D

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** February 18, 2015 11:00 pm

Yay!

Sorry to sound all moody... it's just I happen to love this place

**Posted by tonnaree** February 18, 2015 11:25 pm

I felt so deprived all day. I needed to be with my people!

**Posted by Ah-chie** February 18, 2015 11:45 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this since they rebooted the forum this afternoon?

Yes, I did. The entire thread I posted this morning about the "VF behind the scenes video" is gone. My OP and all subsquent posts in the thread (I can't remember exactly but I think there were at least 7 or so replies to that thread) vanished without a trace.

Plus I finally got the hang of posting a picture in Ben's picture thread and it has disappeared as well.

I agree with Phantom, I don't think I'll risk posting anything good until this is cleared up. I appreciate that this is a frustrating problem for the admin. You have my wish for a speedy solution to be found.

-Val

**Posted by mrshouse** February 19, 2015 7:12 am

And the whole afternoon and evening I thought I had a virus spoiling the connection with the forum. It's almost embarrassing how the mere thought made me hyperventilate!

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 19, 2015 1:08 pm

Has anything else like this happened in the last few hours or so?

I spoke to Support yesterday. They basically said that when another forum was attacked, they took down ours as a precuationary measure so they could deal with it, and when it was booted back up, we were given an old version of the forum that was saved 12 hours before the initial attack.

Some hours after that, they then found a newer version of the forum, saved only 2 hours before the attack, so we were rebooted again and given that newer version instead. From what I can understand, it was posts that were posted between the 12 hour version and the 2 hour version that went missing.

**Posted by SusiGo** February 19, 2015 1:26 pm

So far today everything seems to work fine.

**Posted by Ah-chie** February 19, 2015 1:43 pm

So, I suppose there's no chance of retrieving those lost posts?

That's a shame.

Well, I guess the good news is that all is well now.

-Val

Last edited by Ah-chie (February 19, 2015 1:45 pm)

**Posted by mrshouse** February 19, 2015 2:00 pm

Just an aside: Val, I like that your posts always have a positive attitude. Your glasses are never only half full.
I wonder: it was not our forum that got attacked, right? So no fear of our personal details being hijacked?

**Posted by SusiGo** February 19, 2015 2:02 pm

According to my information it was not our forum that was attacked.

**Posted by nakahara** February 19, 2015 2:05 pm

I´m so glad that I didn´t post anything big yesterday.

Last edited by nakahara (February 19, 2015 2:05 pm)

**Posted by tonnaree** February 19, 2015 3:31 pm

I had a horrible dream that the forum went away and I had to go out and get a life....................

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 19, 2015 4:15 pm

I'd just make a new forum. THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** February 19, 2015 4:21 pm

*chains herself to the forum*

**Posted by mrshouse** February 19, 2015 4:25 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
I'd just make a new forum. THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

With the exact 207.000 posts and 5400 threads rewritten as they were