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[jason]

Are we to understand some images may be lost for good?

This pending restoration has completed

Nothing is for good. Some were "lost" but were archived and are pending restoration. This restoration will not be complete. After it is confirmed to have been done, however, we will work on checking entries and replacing the images if we can. This work isn't limited to just Mod DBs, anyone can do it BUT don't bother to do any until AFTER the archive restoration is done, to save wasting effort. I estimate that there will be at least 5k entries with a broken image for front box art after the restoration.

[jason]

Do we know what caused all this in the first place? Was it a cybersecurity incident? Was it just a random software or hardware fault on the hosting server(s)? Was it a corrupted or compromised DB? Was it a whoopsie made by one of the admins? I guess I mostly want to know if any user account info was compromised. I particularly am concerns about my password since I use it elsewhere too.

The server filled up and caused an outage. Then we had some subsequent data loss but have mostly gotten back to normal. This was not an attack or anything and I take responsibility for allowing the failings to occur.

[bikingjahuty]

Do we know what caused all this in the first place? Was it a cybersecurity incident? Was it just a random software or hardware fault on the hosting server(s)? Was it a corrupted or compromised DB? Was it a whoopsie made by one of the admins? I guess I mostly want to know if any user account info was compromised. I particularly am concerns about my password since I use it elsewhere too.

The server filled up and caused an outage. Then we had some subsequent data loss but have mostly gotten back to normal. This was not an attack or anything and I take responsibility for allowing the failings to occur.

Thank you for the clarification.

[rockybalboa]

Are we to understand some images may be lost for good?

This pending restoration has completed

Nothing is for good. Some were "lost" but were archived and are pending restoration. This restoration will not be complete. After it is confirmed to have been done, however, we will work on checking entries and replacing the images if we can. This work isn't limited to just Mod DBs, anyone can do it BUT don't bother to do any until AFTER the archive restoration is done, to save wasting effort. I estimate that there will be at least 5k entries with a broken image for front box art after the restoration.

Has the restoration been completed?