On January 6, 2006 eBaum declared war on YTMND when it stole content from YTMND.com. On January 7th users from YTMND (allegedly acting on their own accord) joined users from 4chan, KNova, Newgrounds, LUElinks, LUE and other internet communities to invade the eBaum's World forums, Other web communities have been rumored to be in the raid; these include Genmay, Interflop, MySpace, Gamespy, IGN, and Gaia Online. "The Raid", or "YTMND-Day", as it is referred to by YTMND users, was planned to begin at 12:00 AM Eastern standard time on January 8th. However, many individuals began the attack shortly after 11:00 PM, causing the eBaum's World forums to experience database errors and a complete crash by 12:00 AM. The eBaum's World forum was soon restored by its tech support team. Later that morning, a YTMND.com user hacked the eBaum's World forum database, causing all users of the forum to be redirected to YTMND.com. eBaum tech support soon gained re-control of the site. Around 8:00 PM PST on January 11, 2006, a ddos attack caused YTMND to be shut down. At this time it is unknown who engineered the attack, however it is highly likely it is retaliation from EbaumsWorld users or management. The Battlelines are drawn, choose your side.
IceStormV1 · Thu Jan 12, 2006 @ 05:14am · 0 Comments |