Change in top Leadership Announcement - Must Read

[J.Stash]

Hello,

Great news! InviteHawk is now back online, although with limited features and resources. Unfortunately, our Member's shop and Commerce platform will remain temporarily closed until further notice. Rest assured, we are working tirelessly to restore everything, but it will take some time. At the moment, we do not have an estimated time of completion.

On a different note, we have some sad news to share. Our senior admin, @Ethan, has decided to take a break from our community due to his busy real-life commitments. We truly appreciate all the contributions he has made to this community, and he will always be respected.

Moving forward, all site operations will be handled by @J.Stash. We have also made the decision to demote all staff members for security reasons. If any staff member wishes to rejoin, please send me a private message for further instructions and re-evaluation.

We want to emphasize that InviteHawk wouldn't exist today without the continued support of our members. Our site thrives because of our loyal and dedicated members like you. We will need your support to restore and fix everything, and we want to assure you that we will always treat you like VIPs.

Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support.

Kind Regards,

J.Stash

 

[J.Stash]

Please be advised that its important for all former staff members @Forum Moderator @Global Moderator @News-Posters to reach @J.Stash for re-evaluation and further instructions.

[Secret Observatory]

It's good to have you guys back. Take your time and make this place great again.

One question: Will offers e.g. Tidal made in the past by Ethan still be offered?

 

[J.Stash]

On 10/23/2023 at 6:01 AM, Secret Observatory said:

It's good to have you guys back. Take your time and make this place great again.

One question: Will offers e.g. Tidal made in the past by Ethan still be offered?

 

We're currently in the midst of a transition and unsure of when Ethan's services will be back online. At the moment, we're working hard to revamp the forum and ensure that our members have access to the finest resources available.

[heavyss]

Great to see you guys back. Seeing the community unavailable for so long was sad.

[F4DeLeSS]

Glad to see IH back online

[Achelous]

It's good to see IH is back. I hope everything goes well.

[DebeliJanko]

Glad to have you back, you have been missed, have a nice day everyone!

[noddy]

as above glad IH is back thanks to Ethan for all he has done and good luck to J.Stash and his crew.hope the site is back up and running as near to what it was soon but take your time we can wait (but not too long ) )

[Vergo]

I was wondering why the site was down for such a long time, lol. Good to have it back up again, and hope the team continues with their amazing work

[PastorLuke]

Did our information get leaked or did some of the staff abuse their access to gain a few bucks? All my trackers are still good - so I assume not. However, some transparency would be welcomed.

[falconer]

I'm very exited to see InviteHawk is back online!

And, yes, that's a sad news about @Ethan, because he has really done a lot for InviteHawk.

Anyway, it's great that InviteHawk continues it's journey! Hopefully, everything will be back to normal soon.

[J.Stash]

On 10/24/2023 at 11:23 AM, PastorLuke said:

Did our information get leaked or did some of the staff abuse their access to gain a few bucks? All my trackers are still good - so I assume not. However, some transparency would be welcomed.

We prioritize transparency and value the privacy of our users. Ensuring security is our topmost priority. Over the past few months, we have encountered DDOS attacks from various sources, which made us realize that our servers were unable to handle the load, resulting in database corruption. To address this issue, we have taken the necessary steps to upgrade our resources, which led to temporary downtime on multiple occasions. We want to assure you that all your accounts and purchased items are secure. Please be rest assured that we are continuously working on updating various aspects of the site.

[PastorLuke]

6 hours ago, J.Stash said:

We always show transparency and respect the privacy of our users. Security is always number one concern for us. From the past couple of months we were experiencing DDOS attacks from multiple sources that leads us to believe that our servers could not handle the load and our database keep getting corrupted.

We went offline multiple times and we used time to upgrade our resources.

All of your accounts and purchased items are safe. Rest assured that we are still taking time to update different parts of the site.

Excellent news, may I suggest placing IH behind cloudflare for DDoS mitigation? It works wonders even on the free plan. I could offer to assist with this if desired. A few WAF rules go a long way. Happy to hear our data is still secure!

[Nergal]

@J.Stash Ethan was the best person I met in cyberspace
I thank him for all the help he gave me
thanks brother @Ethan
Sincerely, Nergal

[J.Stash]

3 hours ago, Nergal said:

@J.Stash Ethan was the best person I met in cyberspace
I thank him for all the help he gave me
thanks brother @Ethan
Sincerely, Nergal

Indeed he was one of the best person, We all owe him some way or another. He will be missed.

 

5 hours ago, PastorLuke said:

Excellent news, may I suggest placing IH behind cloudflare for DDoS mitigation? It works wonders even on the free plan. I could offer to assist with this if desired. A few WAF rules go a long way. Happy to hear our data is still secure!

Yes @PastorLuke, we're behind coudflare at this time and took necessary actions to protect our servers. We still gonna need some assistance setting up WAF rules though, I will contact you soon so we can talk further on this.

[rhododendron]

Had a good buying experience with Ethan, but let's just say the "after sale service" was a complete let down.

My UHDbits account was purged not even 2 WEEKS after buying from him. I followed all the rules, was a very good user on that tracker seeding my butt off.

I reached out to Ethan via e-mail, that person did not even deign to reply. Worse is that i did not even ask for a refund, just to see what could be done if there's a possible replacement

or gesture... no reply whatsoever. First buying experience on IH turned out to be a nightmare. I can't reach Ethan, nobody will offer to make things right...

[eldiablo665]

it is indeed sad news regarding ethans departure he shall be missed, hopefully he will still pop in to say hello once in a while  however i am quite confident that @J.Stash is very competent and will do a amazing job to keep I H the marvelous place we have all come to love 

[J.Stash]

21 hours ago, rhododendron said:

Had a good buying experience with Ethan, but let's just say the "after sale service" was a complete let down.

My UHDbits account was purged not even 2 WEEKS after buying from him. I followed all the rules, was a very good user on that tracker seeding my butt off.

I reached out to Ethan via e-mail, that person did not even deign to reply. Worse is that i did not even ask for a refund, just to see what could be done if there's a possible replacement

or gesture... no reply whatsoever. First buying experience on IH turned out to be a nightmare. I can't reach Ethan, nobody will offer to make things right...

I highly doubt if this could be a case. Ethan was an outstanding member of our team backed by thousand of positive feedbacks.

[PastorLuke]

On 10/24/2023 at 3:58 PM, rhododendron said:

Had a good buying experience with Ethan, but let's just say the "after sale service" was a complete let down.

My UHDbits account was purged not even 2 WEEKS after buying from him. I followed all the rules, was a very good user on that tracker seeding my butt off.

I reached out to Ethan via e-mail, that person did not even deign to reply. Worse is that i did not even ask for a refund, just to see what could be done if there's a possible replacement

or gesture... no reply whatsoever. First buying experience on IH turned out to be a nightmare. I can't reach Ethan, nobody will offer to make things right...

Not defending you or Ethan; however, did you follow through with UHDB support to identify what's the cause? My buddy got banned from UHDB once but it was because he signed up with a "lewd" username. Nothing to do with the inviter, inviter tree and or IP. He was later able to get another invite. No problems since. My question to you is did you login with a cellphone, bad username, 3/4G internet, shared IP (library)? The rules on UHDB are strict.

[chill]

Ethan was always very helpful and respectful in every occasion I interacted with him. I'm really sad to hear that he retired, I hope he will return one day, his contribution to IH is immeasurable.

I wish InviteHawk the best, thank you @J.Stash for keeping the site running and dealing with the issues!

[mama123]

On 10/25/2023 at 6:58 AM, rhododendron said:

Had a good buying experience with Ethan, but let's just say the "after sale service" was a complete let down.

My UHDbits account was purged not even 2 WEEKS after buying from him. I followed all the rules, was a very good user on that tracker seeding my butt off.

I reached out to Ethan via e-mail, that person did not even deign to reply. Worse is that i did not even ask for a refund, just to see what could be done if there's a possible replacement

or gesture... no reply whatsoever. First buying experience on IH turned out to be a nightmare. I can't reach Ethan, nobody will offer to make things right...

Mine leading up to it was fine. And to be fair he did step in and sort out another issue with another seller. Came across as reasonable and wish he was still here. Didn't know he had left.

 

However, soon as big ticket tracker funds were sent and I was supposed to shortly receive mine the site went to shit. And then it was well over due and into months but finally got the invite.

 

Now that same invite within the same year has gotten banned. And I'm trying to reach out for help to @Ethan and @J.Stash so that if possible can recover it without affecting everyone else in the tree unless that was the reason for the ban already.

Edited December 3, 2023 by mama123

[0yu8ghiofvlgeji]

Thank you to @Ethan. Following the site takes effort, imagine managing it.  All though who put effort deserve praise and appreciation.