Did they stole the data?

Hi, I think everyone is aware that the server is giving error due an external attack. But I wanted to know if the data is safe and not stolen. More than the question if it got deleted, I'm scared if passwords were captured by a third party. I'm still developing my software so I didn't implement hashing methods, but still inputed some passwords of friends and mine.

Just to know if I should change all of my passwords. Best regards and hopeful for the platform to be up again soon.

What kind of error due to an external attack?

Saw in another post that this error in the database was due to a DDoS attack, wanted to know if there was any other kind of attack that we should be worried about.

Or was that a past issue with appwrite?

Don't worry. I believe the data is safe. It's just an internal bug that occurred I suppose.

It's a different issue

Perfect then, thanks for the clarification.

Also DDoS attacks don't compromise the data or it's integrity but availability/reach

Yes I understand, but I've seen that they use different methods at the same time to add layers of issues to the system.

So basically once the attack stops everything is back again

But now it's just a matter of time till everything is up again

Yes. Anyways the recent issue is not related to the attack

As it was a past thing

They are working on solving the database issue and then restore the data. They paused temporarily databases in order to prevent inconsistencies, etc

Also, wanted to add: Appwrite hashes passwords by default with Argon2 algorithm so even if someone access the databases, they will not be able to get the passwords directly as they are encypted