Final countdown

[LogicalGraffiti]

I'm inclined to agree. Last year it was renewed a week before expiration. I also agree that ATS is a sitting dick for any hacker or script kiddie to come through and wreck the place. The software ATS is based off of was abandoned and there hasn't been a security update for over 15 years. Maybe longer. That's a lot of time to search for exploits.

In a thread during last October's disaster, there was a bit of revelation of the software running ATS.  It was disclosed that the code running the site was written in-house as opposed to buying commercial software or use an open source package.  The benefit of that is a hacker or script kiddie can't simply use known exploits (i.e., something like WordPress or bbs apps) to try and break in.  Sure, there are many ways to attack a website without knowing how it's built but as long as ATS has been around, it hasn't been compromised too badly.  In fact, do we know what happened in October?  Was it a code bug that corrupted the database,  a malicious actor on the inside or an attack from the outside?

By the way, I'm not arguing that ATS isn't a sitting duck.  Just offering another viewpoint.