MSE.com Attacked: PPI Campaign Suffers

SarahNeedle1872

Well done Martin and the Team for bringing us back!!! U guys do a great job on behalf of everyone.

I think its incredibly sad that someone decided to attack this site...... As far as I see it, this site is more than just about reclaiming money..... this place, the forums especially, is a place where people can come in their proverbial hour of need, and seek advice/support/guidance for more than just money matters..... It can be a sanctuary for people from a harsh world.

I hope the instigator of the attack can sleep well at night knowing that over the last couple of nights, there may have been people out there in need of some serious help, who now, thanks to a complete moron, may not come back to this site and find the help they need.

Call me a drama queen, but thats how I see it!

Long live MSE, Martin Lewis for Prime Minister!

Sarah x

lulu650

Fantastic to see the site up and running again. Well done Martin and his team!!!:money:

custardy

well done,sure you have had a hard weekend

and to those behinsd the attack i wish you kharma

liran007

As a regular visitor of this site, I am glad to see it back again. Martin does a fantasic job here, and his tips have been a great help to me, and countless others no doubt . Those who are attacking thsi board are bullies, happy to keep the very people Martin is trying to help down. Keep up the good work
Martin and dont get disheartened, we are all behind you .

Edinburghlass_2

For those viewers of Martin's Masterclass on PPI on Friday who sadly weren't able to get into the forums and ultimately the main site, you'll find the article here and a link to a video Martin has made with all the usual passion

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/ppi-loan-insurance

SwingsNroundabouts

Glad your still live and kicking! Don't let some malicious cretin ruin what is a brilliant public-spirited endeavour. Thanks for making me and my family better off, and don't give up, we need you!

pounds_and_pensive

I really felt for you through all this. I do believe in Karma though (I've seen it in action too often not to!) and am fairly certain that those responsible for the attack on the site will get their dues. If there's anything in the Karma thing, then it works both ways - with all the good that you do for the rest of us, good things will be coming your way in bucketloads.

I'm already subscribed to the MSE e-mail and preach the MSE word to anyone willing to listen, so I've been at a loss over what else I could do to help. If there IS anything else we can all do, let us know. We won't let them win.

Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say, and something good may come of all this yet

cadgaboo

so glad the site is back I'm in a right quandry LOL, has anyone else been able to download the letter template? I keep trying but it keeps coming down in gobeldy gook! the only recognisable words in it are the words line break!

superscaper

SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »

I hope the instigator of the attack can sleep well at night knowing that over the last couple of nights, there may have been people out there in need of some serious help, who now, thanks to a complete moron, may not come back to this site and find the help they need.

I doubt they'll lose much sleep. DDOS attacks and the botnets behind them on this scale are quite sophisticated and are linked to major criminal gangs. Although I called them idiots in another thread, unfortunately they are intelligent and highly organised which is why the best way to defeat them is take away their tools, i.e. our PCs. By making sure they are secure and clean.

wotnext

Hooray! Well done for saving the site and thank goodness it's back! I really, really missed it.