Staff Statement Regarding Downtime

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As many of you have noticed, our forum has experienced substantial downtime in the last 24 hours.
This window of inaccessibility continued for 11 hours in total.

The website was inaccessible from September 5th, 2022 - 8:38 AM GMT+2, to September 5th, 2022 - 6:45 PM GMT+2.

The underlying reason for this prolonged window of inaccessibility would be a malfunctioning BIOS firmware update performed by our hosting provider.
This failed firmware update on the hardware hosting the forum is the root cause of the inaccessibility window.

We want to assure members that all user data is well protected; at no time can the host access this data.

Throughout this window of inaccessibility, many rumors and misconstrued information surfaced.Most of these rumors claim that our forum is seized.
All these accusations are false claims presumed to have been made by malefactors or other platforms to generate traffic to their forums or communities.

There has been no seizure conducted on our intangible or tangible property.
All accusations claiming otherwise are false.

There will be a 24-hour extension on all onsite advertisements, stickied threads, and thread styles to compensate for the downtime.
Join the official Telegram channel for updates in case of a similar downtime in the future.

Official Telegram Channel: https://t.me/ciostatusupdates

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