Redump moves to new domain after attack, preserves disc archive

Redump moved to a new home after a June 24 attack hit its old site, deleting forum posts and attachments and possibly affecting users. The project’s disc archive, which documents more than 132,000 video game discs, stayed online as the same team shifted the service to newer infrastructure.

The new site now tells existing members to reset their password through the forum login page, using the “I forgot my password” path, while new contributors are directed to register there. The forum itself is still under maintenance and read-only, but it remains active enough to carry updates on drive compatibility, dumping tools and new submissions. For people who verify images, match discs and send in fresh dumps, that keeps the basic workflow intact even as the underlying site changes.

Redump’s size makes the move more than a simple web migration. The project said in January that it had passed 100,000 discs in the database, and later announced that it had gone beyond 50,000 PC discs. Its public listings also break out media by system and region, including dedicated pages for GameCube and Xbox disc databases, which is the kind of structure that lets collectors and dumpers check a disc against the right entry fast.

The wider preservation toolchain already points in that direction. DiscImageCreator’s README sends users to the new forum for bug reporting and support, showing that outside projects are already leaning on the updated setup. With the same team still in place, Redump’s move looks like a recovery effort built to keep the archive usable, not just online, after the attack.