ARRL Logbook Of The World Down: 6/6/24 Update - ARRL WAS INDEED HACKED! LOTW Still down!

Another update on the situation with inaccessibility regarding LOTW to Ham Radio Operators, with the latest info released by the ARRL regarding their services.
Our 5/31/24 update: • ARRL Logbook Of The Wo...
Our original video on the situation: • ARRL Logbook Of The Wo...
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[@prepr8725]

it is a pity they do not say when LOTW will be working again. 1 week? 1 month? At the same time SHOP is open, Members can pay. You see the priorities...making money

[@rinner2801]

I wish I had renewed my GRTOL I didn't realize you had to do that and apparently it lapsed.

[@hamradiostationg0dtx583]

VERY NICE

[@wf2v]

This long of a lapse of an on-line service says a few things. 1. Backup copies were non-existent, faulty, or compromised. 2. They were not running their servers in a virtual environment capable of rolling back. 3. They may have lost data and may be ‘negotiating’ with the hackers. All of these are very bad. A modern, secure IT shop would have had these servers restored and back up in hours, even minutes! My guess is they had one rickety old server running in Newington on a flat network with little isolation from other servers.

[@3oldtechdudes]

100%! Absolutely agree. Not good! -Timmy KB9SNL

[@ianwooller5365]

This is plain stupid as Networks are rarely hacked as they are after Data which is secure according to the ARRL. As for backups they should be stored in a 100% secure environment on an unwritable medium ( Disk ) and as such can be loaded from there.