The big news today that everyone is talking about is the extended downtime that BrickLink has had the past week. Today they released a statement stating there was unusual activity on the site and that could mean hundreds of things. They are still investigating so they probably still haven’t gotten the issue resolved yet. The main speculation is that BrickLink may have been a victim of a cyberattack but there’s no confirmation of that. LEGO now owns BrickLink so it’s probably their IT people that are trying to get it back online.
Many users rely on BrickLink for income and the downtime this past week puts a damper on sales. Some have flocked over to BrickOwl or eBay to sell inventory in the meantime. There’s no work yet on when BrickLink will go back online.
We took BrickLink offline after identifying unusual activity on the platform. Our immediate priority was to secure the site, protect our members and ensure the integrity of BrickLink.
Before bringing the site back online, we need to fully understand what has happened. That means containing the issue, investigating how it happened and checking for related issues.
This work is still on-going and we appreciate your patience while we work to get things back online as soon as possible.
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