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<marquee truespeed scrolldelay="16"><h1>RIP marbleblast.com</h1></marquee>
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<h1>RIP marbleblast.com</h1>
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<h2>What happened?</h2>
<p>
Somewhere around 9AM on Feb 2, 2024, the server hosting marbleblast.com started showing signs of an infection.
It isn&apos;t known exactly how it was attacked, but the OS and software running on it had not been updated for a number of years
and it was inevitable that some botnet would succeed at exploiting it eventually. As a result, the site is currently offline
as the team hosting it determine the next steps.
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<h2>What happened?</h2>
<p>
Somewhere around 9AM on Feb 2, 2024, the server hosting marbleblast.com started showing signs of an
infection.
It isn&apos;t known exactly how it was attacked, but the OS and software running on it had not been updated
for
a number of years
and it was inevitable that some botnet would succeed at exploiting it eventually. As a result, the site is
currently offline
as the team hosting it determine the next steps.
</p>

<h2>What is affected?</h2>
<p>
Anything hosted on the server behind marbleblast.com, namely:
<h2>What is affected?</h2>
<p>
Anything hosted on the server behind marbleblast.com, namely:
<ul>
<li>The Marble Blast website</li>
<li>The Marble Blast forums</li>
<li>The PlatinumQuest Leaderboards</li>
<li>Webchat</li>
<li>PlatinumQuest downloads and updates</li>
</ul>
</p>
</p>

<h2>What is not affected?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Anyone who downloaded PQ, even recently, is not infected with anything</li>
<li>The <a href="https://discord.com/invite/P3HtQAnVym">Discord</a> community</li>
<li>Any player-run or community-run Dedicated Servers</li>
<li>Control over the domain name &ldquo;marbleblast.com&rdquo; and DNS</li>
<li>Donations put towards the hosting of the server</li>
</ul>
<h2>What is not affected?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Anyone who downloaded PQ, even recently, is not infected with anything</li>
<li>The <a href="https://discord.com/invite/P3HtQAnVym">Discord</a> community</li>
<li>Any player-run or community-run Dedicated Servers</li>
<li>Control over the domain name &ldquo;marbleblast.com&rdquo; and DNS</li>
<li>Donations put towards the hosting of the server</li>
</ul>

<h2>Was data lost?</h2>
<p>
No. That being said, the data is only really usable by the still-vulnerable software that was running on the site,
so &ldquo;putting it back up,&rdquo; even in a read-only format, is not viable as it will just get attacked again in the same manner.
Someone with access to the site can pull a copy of the Leaderboards&apos; and Forums&apos; data from the nightly backup,
but trying to convert it to a format usable by the community will likely take a significant amount of time.
</p>
<h2>Was data lost?</h2>
<p>
No. That being said, the data is only really usable by the still-vulnerable software that was running on the
site,
so &ldquo;putting it back up,&rdquo; even in a read-only format, is not viable as it will just get attacked
again in the same manner.
Someone with access to the site can pull a copy of the Leaderboards&apos; and Forums&apos; data from the
nightly
backup,
but trying to convert it to a format usable by the community will likely take a significant amount of time.
</p>

<h2>When is it going back up?</h2>
<p>
Unknown. At this point the amount of work required to restart the services is likely greater than anyone is willing to put in.
Parts of it could recovered independently, though:
<h2>When is it going back up?</h2>
<p>
Unknown. At this point the amount of work required to restart the services is likely greater than anyone is
willing to put in.
Parts of it could recovered independently, though:
<ul>
<li>
Game assets and code are available on GitHub:
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</li>
<li>
The current Leaderboards code (including Webchat) is available on GitHub:
<a href="https://github.com/PlatinumTeam/MarbleBlast-Prod/">https://github.com/PlatinumTeam/MarbleBlast-Prod/</a>
<a
href="https://github.com/PlatinumTeam/MarbleBlast-Prod/">https://github.com/PlatinumTeam/MarbleBlast-Prod/</a>
</li>
<li>
The forums were archived on archive.org recently:
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240131115645/http://marbleblast.com/">https://web.archive.org/web/20240131115645/http://marbleblast.com/</a>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240131115645/http://marbleblast.com/">https://web.archive.org/web/20240131115645/http://marbleblast.com/</a>
</li>
</ul>
</p>
</p>

<p>
So realistically, the only part that would be truly difficult to recover is an interactive version of the forums.
Not that they saw much use these last few years, but they were a significant source of knowledge about the game
that was easily searchable.
</p>
<p>
So realistically, the only part that would be truly difficult to recover is an interactive version of the
forums.
Not that they saw much use these last few years, but they were a significant source of knowledge about the
game
that was easily searchable.
</p>

<h2>So what do I do now?</h2>
<p>
I dunno, go play <a href="https://marbleitup.com">Marble It Up!</a> instead? They have actual funding to maintain their infrastructure,
at least for right now. If you want that authentic Marble Blast Gold experience, there&apos;s the
<a href="https://marbleblastgold.randomityguy.me/">Marble Blast Gold Haxe Port</a>
(and <a href="https://marbleblast.randomityguy.me/">Platinum</a> or <a href="https://marbleblastultra.randomityguy.me/">Ultra</a>)
and <a href="https://marbleblast.vaniverse.io/">Marble Blast Webport</a>.
There&apos;s also <a href="https://openmbu.com/">OpenMBU</a>, an &ldquo;open source&rdquo;
(<a href="https://github.com/MBU-Team/OpenMBU/issues/185">technically it&apos;s just source-available</a>) rewrite of
Marble Blast Ultra, by the <a href="https://discord.gg/u8SVyCKdZm">OpenMBU team</a>.
</p>
<h2>So what do I do now?</h2>
<p>
I dunno, go play <a href="https://marbleitup.com">Marble It Up!</a> instead? They have actual funding to
maintain their infrastructure,
at least for right now. If you want that authentic Marble Blast Gold experience, there&apos;s the
<a href="https://marbleblastgold.randomityguy.me/">Marble Blast Gold Haxe Port</a>
(and <a href="https://marbleblast.randomityguy.me/">Platinum</a> or <a
href="https://marbleblastultra.randomityguy.me/">Ultra</a>)
and <a href="https://marbleblast.vaniverse.io/">Marble Blast Webport</a>.
There&apos;s also <a href="https://openmbu.com/">OpenMBU</a>, an &ldquo;open source&rdquo;
(<a href="https://github.com/MBU-Team/OpenMBU/issues/185">technically it&apos;s just source-available</a>)
rewrite of
Marble Blast Ultra, by the <a href="https://discord.gg/u8SVyCKdZm">OpenMBU team</a>.
</p>
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