Grid and website closed

The Second Life grid and website are suffering from major problems with central databases. Apparently a 'resynchronization' is in progress which leads us to the likely conclusion that the problem relates to the new backup asset system that was implemented in the recent update.

Whatever the cause, logins are closed, those few (27,000 or so) users who are still online are advised to basically not perform any transactions, fiddle with inventory, change clothes, rez items, and try not to move around very much. Anticipated restoration time is approximately 12:30 SLT (US Pacific time).

Update (12:25PM SLT): The grid is reopening.