Bricklink has been down since approximately 20.00 CET showing the maintenance page with the message: “We are currently investigating some unusual activity, so it’s too early to speculate further. We will share more information once it’s available.”

With many businesses and AFOLs depending on the site this of course caused further speculation on several social media. On Reddit unverified ransom messages to Bricklink surfaced. According to these big stores might have their inventories affected. It’s unconfirmed at this moment if these threats are substantial and if any accounts have been comprimised.

It would be a nightmare for everyone involved if this indeed is the result of a breach in the Bricklink security. Let’s hope taking the site down is preventing serious damage to the site, accounts and user data. At this point this was the only information we could gather regarding the situation. Since many users will be wondering what is going on, we felt it was the right thing to do to share this.

Update november 4th

Whilst not discussing the causes Bricklink has updated the message on it’s landing page:

We’re sorry Bricklink isn’t currently available.
Update November 4th. 3.58 am EST We continue to investigate the unusual activity. We want to make sure we take the time to investigate fully. We will be back up and running as soon as possible.