A while back, ratebeer.com suffered an enormous attack. The site was built by a fellow that loves beer and wanted to make it a place for people to exchange thoughts and ideas:
ateBeer is widely recognized as the most accurate and *most-visited source for beer information. RateBeer is an independent world site for craft beer enthusiasts and is dedicated to serving the entire craft beer community through beer education, promotion and outreach.
RateBeer was founded in May 2000 by Bill Buchanan as a forum for beer lovers to come together and share their opinions of beer and breweries. Established and maintained by dedicated volunteers, RateBeer has become the premier resource for consumer-driven beer ratings, features on beer culture and industry events, weekly beer-related editorials, and an internationally recognized, semi-annual RateBeer Best competition. The community now has thousands of members from more than 60 countries who have rated tens of thousands of beers from around the world. Our mission is to provide independent, unbiased, consumer-driven information about beer and breweries and to enhance the image and worldwide appreciation of beer.
It turns out that the site had been hacked and became a treasure trove of virus and trojans. Well, computer geeks also tend to be beer geeks, and Joe at RateBeer rallied the troops. and they have the site cleaned and back up, hopefully with much better security this time.
