There may be a DDoS attack here tomorrow.

JntmIkun

My forum URL is https://minepixel.flarum.cloud

The chat record comes from QQ, and there may be a DDoS attack here tomorrow, this DDoS will attack my forum.
Please prepare for the DDoS attack.

Please be prepared!

SKevo

JntmIkun FreeFlarum has had multiple DDoS attacks before, we are prepared (although nothing can be 100 % bullet-proof). I am curious though, why would your forum be the target of a DDoS attack?

PhantomC261

SKevo I’m not a participant in this, but I’m related to both the attacker and the attacked. This forum advertised his server in many group chats (but those group chats weren’t allowed), but he joined with a new account after being kicked out and blocked, and then continued to promote his forum, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction

PhantomC261

SKevo It is advisable to stop providing him with a forum, otherwise he may invite more trouble to you

FadedBugle90283

SKevo I don’t know if you understand Chinese or not,but these screenshots are crucial; they must be seen as they are the main culprit（自由世界官方）.

FadedBugle90283

SKevo To put it precisely, he is not the attacker himself, but rather the instigator / director behind it.

odoorbell

The official reply of the freeworld:Because his forum is imbecile.
I’m a member of the MinePixel forum, and I don’t think it’s very moronic.

odoorbell

SKevo It is suggested to remove the MinePixel forum. I believe you have seen the comments just now, administrator.

SKevo

I must say, this is an interesting exchange of conversation. I do not have the full context of the entire story, but if I understand correctly, this forum was advertised on some other chat (outside of FreeFlarum) and the consequence is that the entire forum hosting service (which I manage) is now being DDoSed. This entire situation is quite a nonsense to me, and honestly I have a very hard time finding adequate words to react to this (also because I cannot communicate or understand Chinese at all).

Working with the information and context that I currently have: I am aware that I cannot do anything to forcibly prevent the attack from happening. In fact, I do not have any warranty that this attack will not happen if I indeed remove the forum (FreeFlarum has had a few DDoS attacks before, I do not know if they were related).
Point is, we are already prepared to handle such attacks, to an extent that our resources and budget allows. They happened, and it would be unwise to assume that they will not happen in the future again (I mean, attacks not related to this forum, but in general).

I will therefore not be removing this forum yet. However, if this particular forum will continue to be a target of such attacks, we will take action (according to point 8.3. in our Terms).

Please, allow me to end this with some more personal and honest words. I am sure that you realize that attacking this particular forum disrupts the service for many other forum administrators as well, some of which manage way more serious forums than this one. If your goal was to attack the entire FreeFlarum service (which I could assume, but I have no proof of), I am disgusted that things like this even exist. I cannot do anything, but to sincerely hope that all of you will learn to behave more adequately and be more respecting in your life in the future.

FadedBugle90283

SKevo Thank you for your reply, but I need to make it clear in the end that this incident is unrelated to our users. We are simply opposed to the actions of “Freedom World Official（自由世界官方）”. On behalf of the users commenting below this post, I express our apologies for the situation.
However, we can guarantee that at least this attack is related to MinePixel, as the attacker threatened to continue attacking as long as MinePixel was still present

The rough meaning of this image is: “Someone claiming to be ‘Official of the Free World’ but who in reality is likely just a middle school or elementary school student, states that if certain content is not deleted, they will launch DDoS attacks against the forum every day.”He also scorns your status as official supporters.

FadedBugle90283

SKevo If you have any messages that need to be conveyed, I can assist you in relaying and translating them.

FadedBugle90283

Ah, I’m not sure if you use a Chinese social networking app called “QQ”, but if you need to contact the culprit, their QQ number is [redacted].

SKevo

There is no need to translate the messages, I wish to not investigate this further (after all, I am simply a hosting provider and this is out of the scope of support that we are able to provide). DDoS attacks are not that uncommon on the internet nowadays, and services such as FreeFlarum ought to be prepared if they happen from time to time.

As I stated, I do not have any reason to remove the forum, simply because it exists and someone apparently doesn’t like that. But I thank you for alerting me about this, rest assured that countermeasures have been put in place to mitigate such things, to an extent that our resources and budget allows.

FadedBugle90283

SKevo Alright, we have already given him a friendly reminder, and out of friendship, I have mediated between minepixel and the attacker, hoping that such incidents will not recur. Once again, I express my gratitude and apologies.