Indeed; we must all remember that our staff work hard to maintain a safe and secure site for us.

I'll say kudos to the staff, but Dragoneer can afford to pay for a new server that isn't outdated as fuck to allow access to backdoor attacks. He's too busy censoring free speech and coddling popufurs for that, though.

Yeah I actually stood up and defended the staff a few times. From what I can tell, they did all they could. As a novice-to-average programmer, I can certainly say I do not envy their position. And what I heard was that they patched the exploit prior to it's happening, however either the patches didn't get pushed in time or the attacker already had access, so I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. Cyber security is not easy.

I'm sticking around, however I wanna use Weasyl more, and I hope more people start making it their home-away-from-home. I really like the setup of it, however I've talked with one of the artists I follow here on FA and we both agreed getting followers and views on Weasyl just seems really difficult right now. It's a bit of a shame, really! It's got so many features but lacks the strong community for it to be worth posting there.

I'll be sure to follow you there, though! :D

this wasnt a minor problem though, EVERYTHING was leaked and they did a half ass job fixing the problem.
they only did a partial duct tape fix on a code that has been publicly leaked.

the site will go down again soon becuese they dont want to put the site on a month+ long maint to fix the shitty coding that makes this site work.
IN FACT the ImageMagick security vulnerability was a known issue that they had an update to fix it but the admins on this site refuse to update the software and apps which put us all in danger

+1

My theory on this is that yes there are always attacks against FA. Mainly because people seem to not like furries.

People love to blame FA for these problems and try to jump ship, but people forget a few things.

1. This is a free site. 99% of people complaining actually don't have a right to since they are not paying to keep it running and haven't since joining the site.

2. These attacks are not going to stop. If FA shut down tomorrow and everyone went over to Furrynetwork (or whatever is the new furry flavor of the month) these attacks would follow to the new site.

3. No website is completely hack-proof. Simple as that. There is always a way around security, and if you get a talented or determined enough hacker with enough free time on their hands, they will find a way in and mess things up.

4. People panic at the drop of a hat. People cry out for transparency. They want to know every little thing going on as if they really have a right to know, but here's the crux. Most wouldn't know what to do if they got a whiff of things that go on behind the scenes.

The smartest thing to do imo is:

Make accounts on different sites to host art, (and make them known to the commissioner when commissioned) and provide a contact email address so that there is always a line of connection between artists and commissioner. That way you don't have all your eggs in one basket, and the commissioner always have a way to contact you should something happen.

I'm sorry but just because the site is "free" doesn't mean you should be okay with the spotty security this site has.

If you dont understand what exactly happened then you are the type of person who is dangerous to this site.

I never said you had to be 'okay' with any security issues here. That also doesn't make anything else I said any less relevant. I offered my opinion on what artists can do just in case something happens again. And if you're going to ignore the rest of what I said and focus on something that I didn't even say then why should I put any merit into your apparent opinion of me?

yep, running a website as large and complex as fa can't be easy, but every time it goes down, they make it better.

I'm glad you're sticking around.