OffG is partially down for undetermined reasons
This afternoon around 6pm BST the site was compromised in some way. The entire front page vanished and a lot of links and media went down.
We’ve managed to restore things to the point the site is usable, but there’s still a few glitches and missing material.
We currently don’t know why it happened so it may well happen again.
Apologies for the inconvenience
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I’ve also had great difficulty reaching Craig Murrays page the last week. It seems certain parties are determined to block relevant information.
The attack on the site is sort of proof that OffG is getting too close to the competition for them to feel comfortable. Hence we now have DS Nick Bailey and Brad Pitte furiously typing away to support the “official” version of events or rubbish anyone who points out inconsistencies in the official story. Nobody really cared about the publishing here until it touched on Skripal issues. Moon of Alabama and The Saker should take care too.
I don’t know how long Off-G has been publishing (as I only just stumbled upon it – thank goodness I did) but it would seem to confirm that “you get the most flak when over the target”. The Skripal coverage, as with Rob Slane and Craig Murray, has been first-rate. There are some very irritated mandarins and mouthpieces (the odious, barely literate and hopelessly transparent Hardingbot springs to mind) at Millbank and FCO right about now. There is also a sizeable (I’m informed by my FCO contact) number of operators who are, quite frankly, appalled at HMG’s blatant lying and dissembling. It wasn’t done like this In the old days, old boy…
“It wasn’t done like this In the old days, old boy…”
Wasn’t it?
Nothing new under the sun. Today’s elite and their lackeys are simply following the footsteps of their forebears, the same bloodlines. War is indeed a racket see this:
https://firstworldwarhiddenhistory.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/commission-for-the-relief-of-belgium-1-background-and-context/
So-called ‘Belgian Relief’ was on the whole knowingly and deliberately being diverted to the German armed forces and German nation, from the very beginning of that British engineered conflict, the so-called Great War that killed millions, maimed and traumatised millions more, it wasn’t called the ‘Great War’ for nothing and great it was for the racketeers who planned, engineered, pursued and prolonged it for profit and the elimination of commercial competition.
There is only one possible explanation: it is Highly Likely the Russians did it, because that is the sort of thing they do.
This said, the site now seems OK, except that I no longer have the thumbs up/down and like icons after the comments.
I also see the number of e-mail followers has suddenly gone from 30,000 down to 21,000.
Best of luck, and I hope we get some answers as to the causes of the disruption.
I too still have no ‘thumbs up/thumbs down icons and numbers’ after any of the comments on view (it’s currently 12.20 pm, UK time). This is very frustrating as I keep seeing comments where my reaction is “Yes, exactly” but I can’t register my agreement and I don’t want to keep having to submit a post just to confirm my endorsement. Hope this can be sorted out soon.
Yes, exactly. I hadn’t even noticed these before now, something on my local configuration has been fortuitously blocking them. I take your point about not having to submit a ‘me-too/AOL’ comment to register approval, but feel these things can be gamed and manipulated, it’s too much of a social-media thing for me this likes/dislikes, and the lack of replies make the site and its user-base seem rather thin and dominated by a few over-eloquent obsessives. Better I think to add a reply of general approval of a prior post and try after some rief grovelling to add something new, some individual insight, some humour and irony where appropriate, which I feel is sadly lacking on occasion, a point is made more forcefully with wit than with dry discourse if it can be done without undermining serious intentions and the grave matters discussed. As well as being deserving of it, the… Read more »
It’s 08:21:40 UTC (late afternoon on Sunday the 27th in the DPRK)
UTC is not in daylight saving.
I just spent a few minutes zipping around the site and it seems very fast.
Looks like you fixed it.
Ah, but the page doesn’t scroll to a good place when I Post Comment. Otherwise OK.
I have almost everything back in place now – except for the ‘replies waiting’ icon in the topmost rh corner of the page. But it’s hardly a major problem :-))
Truth is not welcome ! Means you are doing a good job………………
Take the hack as a compliment & confirmation that you are doing a great job.
I’d guess its coming from the UK as botched Skripal case has the UK scarlet with embarrassment.
Now that I notice how much of the site’s functionality has been impaired, this has to have been a hack, not (just) a DDoS. I find it interesting, in a macabre way, that Brad Pitte so patently failed to make any inroads with his/her weak and transparent efforts here, that the login received a very large number of down votes, that the recommendation of one commenter was to simply down vote Mr Pitte without other response, and the down-vote functionality goes poof. It could of course be a coincidence, but the timing suggests otherwise. No doubt it’s clear to everyone, but I’ll say it anyway. The more successful you get, the higher above the parapet your head rises, the more likely you are to be attacked. And this is a life-and-death battle, in that a system that relies on deception and psy-ops is being exposed by a tool – the… Read more »
Well I hope my suggestion to thumb down said individual had nothing to do with this. I note he said he spoke Russian and was there a link to Ukraine In his IP?
However the tendency to jump to any conclusion should be resisted. Perhaps ask for advice from experts, perhaps Wikileaks? is a good idea. The damage to the functionality suggests this is no brute force Ddos. It should also be shared with the wider WordPress community who might have valuable input. 20th Century Wire and UK Column, amongst others have also been subject to sustained attacks. They also may be able to offer advice/information.
I like to think that the combined quality of our collective efforts here, which would include your advice (good advice imo 🙂 ), jointly contributed to the attack. Nothing to worry about, it’s par for the course. Speaking truth to power comes at a price, as does any decision. Consequence is what reality is about.
[[ I note he said he spoke Russian and was there a link to Ukraine In his IP? [[
Every word that wanker wrote was a lie. Russian?? He hasn’t a CLUE, not a CLUE about Russia. He’s just a pathetic gammon shill.
I would up vote you if I could. I just wanted to say i agree with your comment.I hope all at Off G gets sorted soon. Love and Brightest Blessings to all here.
Something has definitely taken a turn for the worse, elements of pages keep trying to reload/refresh themselves. Big thumbs down for this unwelcome behaviour.
Nothing to do with anything, move along please! Mr Robinson here’s your cell!
Speak to Craig Murray – he has had DDoS issues and may be able to highlight how to go about handling that, if that is what it turns out to be….
Brad Pitte springs to mind…
No-Brad Pitte ‘slithers’ to mind.
Good point.
‘Can’t remember’ his name, precisely coz’ thus far his actions & words were what stuck in mind , & highlighted a ‘Black Hole’ sucker (in mind) & a sucker of others’ energy & time, via reflections of negative disruptive energy & forces worthy of E.i. >> designs to suck every single Photon of existing mental energy, both positive & negative & control its’ course! 🙁 I would be all over his IP, making legitimate requests to his ISP for urgent clarification on precise name, location, address (&&& the usual BEAR necessities) and certainly follow up with Legal proceedings asap, if appropriate .. his user ID is certainly one possibility, as has been noted and I would suggest checking first the **Code** on any links that he’s posted, given his love of the Daily Mail & especially the MH17 links & comments !! But, it won’t solve the problem and ironically… Read more »
No, I don’t think you’re paranoid, Balkydj. I have no doubt that the surveillance and manipulation tech of TPTB would boggle my mind. The thing is, the only sensible and effective response to that tech I can conceive is to choose the path of love, rather than spend any energy figuring out how that tech works and what it encompasses in terms of power and reach. Yes, we need to fight on multiple fronts and know well what we do, including combatting underhand terror tactics we see the tip of here, but our decision-making processes in this endeavour should be inclusive rather than exclusive: love-based rather than fear-based.
Love reading your comments, Toby, bang on, bro. keep it up: Peaceful perseverance with patience (whenever possible) tops interference every time, in the end & as you expressed well, with love & compassion for fellow fallible fearful humanoids, even for those who ‘can’t remember their name’, the “quality of mercy is not strained ..” when the penny drops 😉 After extreme interference & difficulties down here, I managed finally to send successfully that longer comment to you last night (& one to Mark Gobell**corresponding to BigB) .. (I lost a couple of wee comments) precisely before said fully expected attack: ironically I even capitalised the word “immediately” (remember 😉 ) and TPTB furkin’ did react, soooo fast .. ! ! 🙂 After which they killed my internet connection completely ! (will amplify later) I firmly believe this is all really about LEVESON 2 and TPTB Hate d’Fact that I’m onto… Read more »
I joined the Mark Gobell / BigB / balkydj thread here: https://off-guardian.org/whose-words-was-yulia-reading/#comment-122051
You are right to remind us that the capabilities of those that might observe us are way beyond reactive. Indeed they have the ability to create folders on your devices you will never find that can see your reputation ruined and you jailed for heinous crimes. They can activate your mics and cams to ascertain when you are alone and initiate uploads/downloads at those times so that even partners and family would begin to doubt your innocence. They can use algorithms that study and mimic your language use to create a virtual doppleganger and make sure the right expert witness is provided to confirm “it could only have been X”.
The array of tools at their disposal can damn and destroy us. At the moment all we have is numbers. They can’t use these tactics on all of us. But we should bare it in mind and exercise every caution.
“Yes Exactly ..” 😉 oh, come on 🙂 let’s add some flavour2savour the ‘.I.P. complementary event >> After having my internet connection closed down completely on Saturday night , (nada) .. but being able to watch Gareth Bale’s excellent scissor kick to kill Liverpuddlian dreams, from the same company as my ISP @Vivacom.bg , strange, no Sputnik problem !; yesterday & today is a very slow news day, indeed I must say .. difficult. For example , i seem to have acquired an extra IP address (for free 😉 ) since commenting this weekend and was sent an alert , to confirm my ID to an email account & that my device was NEW, when it is NOT ! Coinciding with a massive reduction in my internet speed of connectivity , (turned mega slow , like back in the early days of the internet, click button , go make a… Read more »
@balky – I haven’t yet fathomed out how your brain works but it invariably makes me chuckle! 75% (at least) of it flies way over my head but that is what I like about it. I’m reading your comments whilst indulging in listening to music to reawaken my nostalgia for the 70s/80s – ideal, ‘feel good’ combination (not necessarily a cue to give me an appropriate quote from Dr Feelgood lyrics but might be worth a challenge!).
@balky – thought I’d rise to the challenge myself! Selected at random to sum up the immoral code that drives the Western establishment:
“Money makes some folks frown
Money makes some folks steal
Money makes some folks hurt
Money gets some folks killed”
(courtesy of ‘My Buddy, Buddy Friends’ by Dr Feelgood)
Marks out of 10? (Maybe worth a 9 for effort?)
JJ
& 10 for energy, lol, saw them playing in a pub once by the Oval , it was so full of folk raving pogo style, it was a squeeze to move any way but up & down, i swear a mega heady daze & days.. 🙂
A very Doctored Feelgood factor today, but hope remains .. 😉
… “I asked of my reflection
Tell me what is there to do”
(courtesy of Squeeze – well I couldn’t resist, could I?)
I’m not going to keep this up…more mundane things to do like getting on with removing surplus sealant plastered all over the bathroom by the previous homeowner! Some things just bring you right back down to earth.
JJ
I often wish i could fathom my brain too 🙂 something above 10% .. 🙂 Never forget the Music (that binds all humanity too) , (lol), sometimes even when one has not the faintest clue what someone is singing or saying too .. inc. myself 😉 I mean of course I know clearly what I’m thinking (on another planet / OAP), but formulating it into the right words, with context & the requisite feeling of soul .. well, errrr, that’s a much tougher challenge to find the right vocab. & vocal onomatopoeic frequency, to achieve the desired goal or sentiment & I often end up with a sentence that incorporates 3 or more languages, lol, which can come out, quite like a mad double dutchman .. and get some right stunned looks (a whoops whoosh look of disbelief) , or sound really laughable or provoke the toughest look of all… Read more »
@balky – I can’t think of anything additional to add to the thrust of your post other than your empathetic and compassionate nature shine through the idiosyncratic thought patterns! It is recognising that, and the existence of other moral and ethical people on this website, that gives me the tiniest remnant of hope for the future of humanity but who knows what the future holds at the hands of those who represent the absolute antithesis of this. Probably just as well that we can’t read crystal balls.
Oh I can read balls & the crystal variety .. 🙂
Phew, i feel way better after listening to The Temptations , moody motown 😉
So , during my reverie , I thought i’d better correct myself: it was 11 minutes 50 seconds not 30.. apologies, but as someone somewhere has already noted, better get it right if I’m gonna’ declare that ..
>> ** ” i’ll fight anybody who says that is not the greatest *JAM* of all time ..” 🙂 ** <<
Mix it up any way you want, 'The Classic' Temptations to groove on up to , was something cultural for me to aspire to .. no money can buy .. and still today itsa' Rock Steady number one signature piece of cultural musical history, we all share ..
works every time 🙂 especially for me ..
like Sidney Poitier "in the heat of the night .."
Atmospheric Magnetic Frequencies , wave after wave
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Good luck, and thank you for your ongoing support for site users!
They won’t be drinking their Lviviskoe beer for long :-))
Very sorry to hear this. Hope you can determine the reason. I would have suspicions because OffG is presenting the real news.