4 dead chess sites

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Only Chess

01 Mar 24

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Wisconsin USA

Joined: 09 Dec 01
Moves: 73060

01 Mar 24

chessbymessage.com...chessos.com...my-corner.de...chessmaniac.com First 3 were hacked to death. last one died after the owner tried to upgrade 20 y/o software and or coding

congruent

Joined: 19 Aug 12
Moves: 4076

01 Mar 24

@ketchuplover
I didn't know those sites, this one I used
Chess Tactics Server (chess.emrald.net – not available anymore).

Russ

RHP Code Monkey

RHP HQ

Joined: 21 Feb 01
Moves: 2457

01 Mar 24

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@ketchuplover said
last one died after the owner tried to upgrade 20 y/o software and or coding

Is there any details on this story out there? I'm always interested in analysis of failure of software updates.*

yo its me

Yo! Its been

Me, all along

Joined: 14 Jan 07
Moves: 65002

01 Mar 24

@russ said
Is there any details on this story out there? I'm always interested in analysis of failure of software updates.*

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Well I hope you do the upgrade safely!!
There's info on the site itself: https://www.chessos.com/site-closure.html
You could ask Peter Nosworthy chessoshelp@gmail.com.

Grammer