This was the email I received 4-5 days ago.
Dear BlueKem Customers,
Many of you may have noticed that our site is down. I'd like to explain why, but first I'll just start with the ending.
BlueKem isn't gone. We will be back shortly.
What happened is this:
A rather talented--albeit quite immature--hacker exploited a bit of code and was able to reroute our site, out of all places, to a pornographic site which is against our hosting providers terms of service so they terminated our account.
We pleaded our case but these companies don't usually reconsider so we've found a new hosting provider with top notch security and a built-in fire wall.
This shows a level of know-how and determination that proves some people are sociopaths, plain and simple. It was not a financially motivated crime, no customer information was compromised or even attempted to be accessed. It was literally just somebody have "fun".
Personally, I like to watch football and beer, but I guess some people find pleasure in the more twisted aspects of life.
This was clearly just a random attack but a terribly lonely individual. If they used their powers for good, Facebook would probably pay them 6 figures, but I suppose it's not all about the money right?
Anyway, I'm sure the rumors are already circulating that "BlueKem was taken down" and all that nonsense just like with DRC (who by the way just quit because he had finally had enough of this type of stuff happening).
Hopefully you, as customers, realize just how difficult this job is and don't worry, I forgive for the death threats.
Ever since I announced the closing of BlueKem, I've gotten nothing but positive messages from people saying things like "I love you guys" and "Please don't go" and I just wish we could have kept that level of positivity the whole time instead of people waiting until we decided to call it quits to let us know we were important to them.
Anyway...
Our site is in the process of being recovered and those of you who got stuck waiting on your orders will be compensated for your trouble. We have some printed already so those will be shipped ASAP but unfortunately there are some orders which can't accessed until we recover the site.
I apologize for the wait and clearly there are evil people in the world who have no shame.
I'd like to apologize and let everyone know that we should be back up and running within a few days.
Please let your communities (Reddit, Message Boards, where the rumors are being spread that we did not get shut down. Just a temporary lapse.
For what it's worth, Experian, Apple, Oracle, and Saleforce.com (massive companies with entire departments for security) have been hacked so the only thing to do is move forward and try not to let this incident get to us.
Cam
@Jacob Jashers