Critical Change in Leadership Announcement - Must Read

[J.Stash]

Hello everyone,

After dealing with numerous security issues and concerns over the past few months, InviteHawk is finally back online with limited features and resources, Our Member's shop and Commerce platform will remain closed temporarily until further notice.

We want to assure that we are working hard to restore everything but it will take time and currently we don't have any ETA.

We also have sad news to share, Our senior admin @Ethan has decided to take a break from our community because he got too busy with his real life and couldn't spare a time. He has done a lot for this community and there is always been a respect for him.

All operations of site will be handled by @J.Stash

We also have demoted all staff members for security concerns. If any staff wants to rejoin, they can PM me for further instructions and for re-evaluation.

Without continued support from our members InviteHawk wouldn't existed today, Our site is powered and driven entirely because of our loyal members. We will be requiring your support to restore and fix everything and we assure you that we always treat you like VIPs.

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]

16 minutes ago, 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 are in the middle of transition and we don't know when Ethan's services will be back online. Currently we're reshaping the forum and we'll provide the best possible resources to our members.

[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]

4 hours ago, 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 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.

[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 by mama123