Hello, This is a crying shame that this has happened! :( I only hope you can remedy the situation in time. :) I have only been a Member for a short while and have enjoyed this List and hope it never happens, again! I research all over the world for my TWISS families. Shannah TWISS overtheworld648@gmail.com Canada On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:00 AM, < south-africa-eastern-cape-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Gendata (Elaine Van Zyl) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Elaine Van Zyl <elainevz@absamail.co.za> > To: <marielle@intekom.co.za>, <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com>, > "'Annatjie Erasmus'" <annatjie.erasmus@gmail.com> > Cc: > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:25:03 +0200 > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Gendata > This message was posted by Lew Skannen on the SA Genealogy Facebook page: > > I just want to give a quick update on the problems experienced the past 5 > days over at GenDatabase. As many already know, on Sunday we have become > the > target of a group of people who attacked our server in an attempt to copy / > steal all our free public information. > This attack caused our server to fail numerous times during Sunday, Monday > and Tuesday and we were forced to move all free public information to a > paid > member section. This have stopped the attacks on the server and gave us > some > time to repair all our damaged databases, which failed as a result of the > attack. > We have started this morning to re-open certain public searches again, but > unfortunately, due to the attacks we are experiencing, we cannot make > available ALL the information we did before as yet. We are still busy > looking at some security measures we can implement. We will open more > public > searches during the course of the day and monitor the server. > I apologize for the inconvenience caused, but we are trying our best to > restore everything to where it was before. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marielle Ford [mailto:marielle@intekom.co.za] > Sent: 23 September 2015 09:46 AM > To: 'Annatjie Erasmus'; south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Gendata > > One of my main reasons for not putting my data on pay sites or even free > ones. > > Marielle > > -----Original Message----- > From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Annatjie Erasmus via > Sent: 22 September 2015 07:33 AM > To: Dennis Pretorius <dennispretorius@mweb.co.za>; > south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Gendata > > Goeie more, > > Ja, dit is nogal verbasend hoe hierdie webwerwe al die data gratis bekom en > dan moet ons weer betaal om dit te sien. > Dit is jammerte dat GGSA nie dit gegryp en dan kan al ons betaalde lede ons > eie webwerwe ondersteun. > Eintlik moet almal wat n bydrae gelewer het, aandeel houers geword het. > Duur speletjie deesdae. > Groetjes, > Annatjie > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 22 Sep 2015, at 5:18 AM, Dennis Pretorius via > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > Hallo Maud > > > > I also had difficulty to access the site but last night I managed to > > access the site again and to my dismay that site has also now migrated > > to a pay site - you can access the basic information but to view more > > details of my own marriage I now have to subscribe and pay a US$ 5 per > month. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Dennis Pretorius > > Krugersdorp South Africa > > Tel - 011-762-8911 > > Cel - 083-679-8541 > > Fax - 086-609-8541 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > > Maud Flink via > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:37 PM > > To: South Africa Eastern Cape > > Subject: [ZA-EC] Gendata > > > > I have been unable to get on the Gendata site. Not sure if I have > > used the correct details. > > > > Is anyone else having problems? > > > > Maud Flink > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 12232 (20150910) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 12232 (20150910) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE list administrator, send an email > to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE mailing list, send an > email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > >