Buddies List

A quick update on the site issues I've mentioned over the past few days.

We now know the cause: our website host, ClubExpress, is dealing with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which floods their systems with excessive traffic, slowing sites down. The good news is that this only affects how fast pages load. It does not put your information at risk. Member records, payment details, and account logins remain secure.

Their team is making progress but hasn't fully resolved it yet, and there's no estimated time for a fix. I'll let you know once there's a meaningful change.

If the site is still sluggish when you go to register or update your account, give it a little time and try again.

Thanks for your patience,

Paul

VBC Webmaster

To keep you posted on progress towards restoring our club website, here is the latest from ClubExpress:

We wanted to provide you with an update on the service disruption currently affecting our platform.

Our systems are experiencing a significant surge of invalid traffic - thousands of illegitimate requests flooding our servers in a short period of time. This activity is straining system performance and is the primary cause of the intermittent availability issues you may be encountering.

Our engineering team has identified several patterns within this traffic and is actively deploying filtering measures to reduce its impact. While these steps are showing early signs of progress, we have not yet fully resolved the issue.

We are seeing gradual stabilization, and our team is working around the clock to restore consistent performance as quickly as possible. We will continue to share updates as the situation develops.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.