[ADXA] Wild & Crazy Guys

[w5znjoel at gmail.com]

ADXA Folks,

 

I loved Steve Martin when he appeared on Saturday Night Live back in the
"good days of comedy" with skits like the two "wild and crazy guys" he and
Dan Aykroyd would portray. That phrase fits all of the "wild and crazy"
rumors I keep hearing about LoTW and that our data and DXCC records are lost
and gone forever.

 

I have no insight into the details of ARRL's cyber attack but I do read the
press releases they continue to publicly send out and on several occasions
they have stated your LoTW data and DXCC records are safe and secure. The
most recent info that addressed this was in an ARRL member bulletin sent out
last night that you should have received if you are an ARRL member....and
YOU must be to be an ADXA member !!!! That bulletin stated, regarding LoTW:

 

"Many of our services and programs have been impacted by this attack. We
have been diligently assessing each system to ascertain the extent of
compromise. For example, while the Logbook of The WorldR server and related
user data were unaffected, we have taken the precautionary measure of
keeping the service offline until we can ensure the security and integrity
of our networks. Similarly, access to Online DXCC is unavailable, although
individual award data remains secure."

 

I have no expertise in cyber crimes and have to use spell check to make sure
I spell it correctly, but I do have quite a bit of experience with ARRL and
as a 53 year member (and past President) I can assure you they are
addressing the issue and bringing services back on line when it is safe and
ready to go. Just please be patient. Yes, I'm going through LoTW withdrawal
as well but let's stand by a bit longer and allow ARRL, the subject matter
experts, and law enforcement professionals they are working with continue to
work through this.

 

In the meantime, we ADXA folks have much more important things worry about
and do like "GET IN THERE AND WORK 'EM". That way, when LoTW is back on line
you will have something to upload !!!!

 

73 Joel W5ZN

 

 

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