Many people have emailed me to ask what is going on, here’ s what I’ve found out.
Bishop Hill reports:
A couple of readers have emailed to say that GWPF’s website is down. I emailed Benny Peiser and he says that there are technical issues of some kind. The site will remain down for a couple of days. I gather that email is also affected, so anyone wishing to contact them should telephone instead.
Which explains why my query to Peiser was not answered. Never put your email and web server int he same basket.
Jo Nova’s website is also experiencing problems. She’s had a lot of technical trouble since she moved to a new provider. I expect this to be no different.
No cause for alarm.
Jo’s website down again.
Bloke down the pub:
2013? Is my face red. Slinking off with tail between legs now. Shouldn’t have been playing with that temporal dicombobulator last night.
JoNova went down again at ~1:00 PM EST 8/15/12. The link to her site now says: “This Account Has Been Suspended.” This is becoming way too common, and starting to look like censorship. How come we never get that message when we click on Real Climate, Think Progress, or Rabett Run?
Hi, yes indeed, the site appears to be under attack. We’ve had two DOS attacks today and now another stronger different one, all in 24 hours. Obviously we will be looking closely at our options to stop this.
Account Suspended
20.15 BST Account Suspended!
Jo Nova says:
August 15, 2012 at 11:25 am
Hi, yes indeed, the site appears to be under attack. We’ve had two DOS attacks today and now another stronger different one, all in 24 hours. Obviously we will be looking closely at our options to stop this.
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Jo, I imagine that Julia Gillard is none to pleased with your coverage of her corruption scandal, that the media is also refusing to cover. Perhaps the DOS attacks are coming from people affiliated with her government? I linked to your story at several MSM news blogs and their lefty moderators promptly deleted the links.
From Bishop Hill, well worth a read. IMHO here is a profile of the kind of person that could and would DDOS Jo Nova:
Stephen Emmott is Head of Computational Science, Microsoft; Professor of Computational Science, University of Oxford.
Since the real ranter here is Emmott, it seems likely that he’s seeing all his challengers, no matter how logical, relevant, and courteous, as ranters. I’m not accusing Emmott himself of the DDOS attacks on Jo Nova. But one of his lesser minions, groupies, or imitators? or someone like Gleick? There seem to be several of those around, and Emmott doesn’t seem to be that far off either.
GWF is also now suspended. It about time something very serious be done about this . Especially WUWT should take this more than seriously. good luck
Antony I hope you are prepared for the Jo treatment !
16/8/2012 6.46 am went to jonova and found “account suspended”
JoNova site right now says (7:00am EST Australia) 16th Aug, 2012
‘This Account Has Been Suspended.’
The details of the Gillard scandal that Jo Nova covered is still available here.
Interesting watching. And. no, Gillard wouldn’t be amused!
While I still have the opportunity…..
Thank you to Anthony et al for everything you have done. I deeply admire your hard work and persistance in getting at the truth. I would like to make a further financial contribution but have had difficulties with online banking (senior moments I expect). (Ditto I’m afraid for the Robert Phelan fund…I am so pleased so many have contributed).
I hope the web problems are soon sorted for Jo Nova and GWPF.
Is Jo’s new Web Hosting provider just not up to the traffic being generated by Australia ( & NZ)’s most popular Web Log perhaps ?
Funny thing about attacks on sites for ‘censorship’ is that it is counterproductive as it tends to increase ones interest in what they are trying to censor. Anyone have a link to the relevant material?
Re: the prohibitions mentioned in the quote below, this isn’t anything nefarious. It’s common practice to lock down the domain registration like that. It’s to protect the registration from poachers and others of dubious intent. If you’re the domain owner, there are ways around the lock, more than which respondent saith not. For obvious reasons.
“Domain Name:THEGWPF.ORG
Created On:10-Aug-2009 17:18:28 UTC
Last Updated On:09-Feb-2012 20:59:48 UTC
Expiration Date:10-Aug-2013 17:18:28 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, LLC (R91-LROR)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:XXXXXXXXXXXX (My redact)
Registrant Name:Benny Peiser
Registrant Organization:GWPF”
Sean says:
August 15, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Jo, I imagine that Julia Gillard is none to pleased with your coverage of her corruption scandal, that the media is also refusing to cover. Perhaps the DOS attacks are coming from people affiliated with her government?
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Exactly my first thought. She makes a vicious enemy. Its a bit too much of a coincidence that this concerted effort to silence Jo should happen immediately after that.
I’ve previously noticed Dr. Roy Spencer’s website down from what appeared to be DOS attacks. Are the same people behind these attacks?
http://joannenova.com.au/ (Jo Nova) running sweet at 2:33 pm (Australian time) on 16 August.
Yep , Jo is still with us 🙂
You can always check Jonova on twitter. to see what’s happening if it goes down again.
I hope “W” (webguy) and his helpers can track the culprits down..
maybe let BoltA, Divine, Pickering, Blair, Acckerman etc know who it is doing the attacking !!
FREEDOM OF SPEECH !!!!!
And to “W”……..
Thanks SO MUCH for the continued efforts in restoring Jo’s site.
She is a much needed breath of free air in Australia, when so many others are being stifled :-((
pps.. I defend the right of any warmist to say what they think, be it ever so stupid and moronic
but I defend my right to say exactly what I think, in reply !! 😉
Larry Pickering’s “Pickering Post” has been copping DDoS attacks too.
Jo nova now up and running, found the relevant ‘offending’ material.
If you can get past the links to sites with personal attacks then ‘Not a Hoon’ has a link to Alan Jones radio show on 2GB which I give 10/10. Wow! Just Wow! ‘Australiagate’?
Gives a new meaning to ‘made in Australia’.