The Brussels Journal was offline during most of Tuesday. Our server had been disconnected as a precaution, after malicious phishing files were discovered that had apparently been uploaded by a hacker. A fast solution of this problem was hindered by the fact that our Houston-based hosting provider is currently going through a merger of its customer support operations, slowing down the response time. We are currently back online through a Dallas-based hosting provider.

As a precaution, we have disabled the registration of new users. Existing users can still post comments, but no new user registrations will be accepted until we have upgraded our content management system.