I wouldnt be at all surprised if they got attacked by some hacker. IP Nukes aren't rare toward MMOs and have brought UO down previously. Just my suspicion. Servers are back now so NBD.
So frustrating... was on at work most of the day, got bumped when the looting issue started (looting was VERY lagged, you'd loot a corpse and literally 5 minutes later the items would pop into your bag)... haven't been on since, that was about 3pm PST. Ugh. My friends down the street are on, finally... but I'm still struggling.