since closed. Sites associated with classified advertising (adverts.ie) and group coupons (boardsdeals.ie'') have also been established. Cyber-attacks On January 21, 2010 at 11:20 GMT, boards.ie director Tom Murphy took the site offline after an attack on the forum's database. The attack originated from a source outside Ireland. A portion of the database, including usernames, encrypted passwords and email addresses were accessed. The site advised all users who used the same password on other websites to change it there too. A DDoS attack in January 2016 disabled boards.ie for a few days. Starting on 17 January, the sustained attack brought the site down on 18 January; the site resumed service on 20 January. Other major Irish sites also experienced attacks in the same timeframe. Awards boards.ie was awarded a Zeddy Award in 2001. (The Zeddy Awards have since been discontinued.) It also won a Golden Spider Award in the same year. For his contribution to Irish society, Tom Murphy was awarded a Net Visionary Award by the Irish Internet Association in 2004 in the "Social Contribution" category. John Breslin was awarded Net Visionary Awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 and 2006. boards.ie won two awards in the Irish Web Awards 2008, "Best Website in Ireland" and "Best Discussion Forum". It also won "Best Social Networking and Community Website" in the Golden Spider Awards 2008. See also thejournal.ie References External links Internet forums Irish websites Multilingual websites