Ratebeer - hoppet lever

Ölrecensionssiten Ratebeer är betydligt större än Beer Advocate här i Eurpoa. Fast de har under senaste veckorna haft stora problem med datorintrång och trojaner, och för en tid sedan tvingades de att ta ner siten för att bygga om den helt. Igår var allt uppe, men idag åter borta.

Här är några ord från Joe Tucker, RB-grundaren, från Beer Advocate-forumet där en del av RB-medlemmarna kunnat kommunicera under tiden. Det postades i natt, svensk tid:

hi gang, the security team saw the threat tonight while they conducting diagnostics. their move was to continue diagnostics in a safe environment by taking the site down and starting tomorrow morning. This operation is a top to bottom approach by the best specialists I could find. They plan on attacking this as a team first thing tomorrow morning.

The plan this time is a prompt relaunch with guaranteed work.

Thank you to everyone in the community for coming together to bring us back. As we approach 2009, people are talking about change. This was the mantra of RateBeer and Beer Advocate many many years ago and things in the beer world were very different. We are now seeing the fruits of our early labors and the many positive changes in the beer industry we'd hoped for so long ago. These changes have only come about because of people like you all, whose passion has made for monumental worldwide change.

I'm grateful many of you -- some without even a RateBeer account -- have pitched in to help us continue our work. Thank you, Todd, for helping us out. While we've had our superficial differences in the past, deep down we've known we're all in this together.

Thanks for showing what a strong family of committed people we are. It's this kind of spirit that has been instrumental in the success of craft beer and the spirit that keeps me fighting for the cause.

Cheers!

Joe