PMIRA Employee Accidentally Blocks All Websites

Original written on March 13, 2130 by Johnathan Birzech, Online version written on March 15, 2130.

A PMIRA employee has blocked every website in Philosica with a single missed keystroke.

He was trying to use a wildcard to block all websites with the word "devil" in the URL, but he had accidentally just typed a single asterisk. When asked, he said that "his fingers were shaking because it was his first time ever adding anythimg to the blacklist."

When attempting to access any websites starting from 9:00 AM today, all anybody gets now is a screen saying "This website has been blocked for the hosting of illegal content. If you are the website owner and believe that this is in error, please go to http://sgn.pmira.pgv/contact.html." Nobody had a clue what was going on until a system administrator at the PMIRA's HQ in Philosica City noticed clients returning HTTP 451 errors in the logs, meaning that the PMIRA's own website was "unavailable for legal reasons." The PMIRA employee responsible has not yet been found, and the extent of the damages is still unknown. The PMIRA said that they "were working on finding the source of the problem and who did it", and they also said that "whoever is responsible should not only be fired, but also sent to prison, depending on how severe the damages are."