Sterling Auctions Site Up *DO NOT BID at this time*

[philo98]

Probably bleed off of the Russian hack. Seriously.

[bobfreedman]

Last night around 11:30 we were the victim of a Ransomware attack. Unfortunately we will be down for a few days as the firm we have hired to handle this works things out. Our sincere apologies for this and we are working as hard as we can to rectify this. Thanks

Bob Freedman
CEO, SimpleAuctionSite

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Last night around 11:30 we were the victim of a Ransomware attack. Unfortunately we will be down for a few days as the firm we have hired to handle this works things out. Our sincere apologies for this and we are working as hard as we can to rectify this. Thanks

Bob Freedman
CEO, SimpleAuctionSite

Oh wow....

[pclpads]

Originally Posted by philo98

Probably bleed off of the Russian hack. Seriously.

Who knew Putin was in to sports card collecting?

[philo98]

Originally Posted by pclpads

Who knew Putin was in to sports card collecting?

hahaha, well thats why I said "bleed out". I think he was perturb on all the Miracle on Ice items going up for auction lately.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by philo98

hahaha, well thats why I said "bleed out". I think he was perturb on all the Miracle on Ice items going up for auction lately.

Could have been Finland then

[rdwyer]

I get this same error on all of these auction sites:

"The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."

Brockelman Auctions
Sports Cards Plus
Goodwin & Co.
Touchdown Treasures
Mears Online Auctions
Sterling Sports Auctions
Love of the Game Auctions
BST Auctions

[BRoberts]

Has anyone heard an explanation why it is taking four days for Simple Auction Site to get back online, especially with some auction houses who use that platform currently running auctions? Also, a bigger question: Has Simple Auction Site updated collectors who are registered for auctions on their platform whether personal information was compromised?

** I posted before noticing that Bob Freedman, Simple Auction Site CEO, posted in this thread. Bob, any insight as to whether your security breach might have compromised registered bidders' info? Was this attack related to any of the previous problems your clients, specifically Goldin Auctions, suffered this year?

[Baseball Rarities]

I received this email this morning:

12/19/2020 Update SimpleAuctionSite Server Outage

Valued Simple Auction Site Customer,

I wanted to give you an update as to where we are currently. We have hired a professional team to handle this situation. The companies name is Spear Tip, and they are experts in handling these types of situations. They have made contact with the hackers, and have paid the initial ransom. We are awaiting the hackers' reply to unencrypt their servers. Once they give us the key to unencrypt the data, we will start the process which could take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

As always, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we go through this difficult time.

Best Regards,

Bob Freedman
CEO, Simple Auction Site