There are other threads on this subject. From MobiPocket's Forum (
Full Explanation on the Maintenance Outage Time):
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We took the site offline because we recently learned of an attempt to gain access to a Mobipocket server. The issue was discovered on August 15, at which point we immediately took the Mobipocket servers off the internet. Once we had more specific information, and reset passwords as a precaution.
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This is the most likely explanation for the long outage I have seen. One poster on MobiPocket's Forum suggested their Visa card number had actually been stolen from MobiPocket, but that is always hard to prove.