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Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site

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Flight simulator site Avsim has been "destroyed" by malicious hackers.

The site, which launched in 1996, covered all aspects of flight simulation, although its main focus was on Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

The attack took down the site's two servers and the owners had not established an external backup system.

The site's founder, Tom Allensworth, said that the site would be down for the foreseeable future and was unsure "if we can come back at all".
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Th3 Chr0nic - 229 days 10 hours ago
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So they have been around since 1996 but had not established any backup servers yet????? So they had 13 years to prepare for this....failure.
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cpuchess - 229 days 9 hours ago
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No backups??? That's unbelievable! That's like driving without wearing your seat belt.
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