This is a question asked by many people in the context of Vietnamese films such as “Peach, Pho and Piano” along with “Mai” causing the websites of many theater systems to become paralyzed.
Cinemas’ websites constantly have problems
Like VietNamNet It was reported that the attraction of Vietnamese films in recent days has caused the ticket booking websites of many distribution units to be overloaded.
For several days in a row, when accessing the website of the National Cinema Center, moviegoers received information returning saying: “Currently the number of customers accessing is too large, the website is temporarily inaccessible.”
After many days of overload, on the morning of February 23, the National Cinema Center’s website returned to normal operation.
It was not until this morning (February 23) that access to the National Cinema Center’s website returned to normal. However, to reduce pressure on the system, the National Cinema Center posted a notice that it only sells tickets for the movie “Dao, Pho and Piano” at the counter and does not offer online ticket purchases.
Not only the National Cinema Center, on February 20 and 21, after it was announced that Beta Cinemas would screen “Peach, Pho and Piano”, many viewers who visited Beta Cinemas’ website received a notification. website is under maintenance.
Beta Cinemas website went under maintenance right after announcing the screening of “Peach, Pho and Piano”.
On the afternoon of February 22, on the fanpage of another theater system, Cinestar, announced that it would only sell tickets directly at the theater for the movie “Peach, Pho and Piano” despite previously announcing that it would sell both online and in-person tickets. The reason given by this unit is to limit overload on the website system.
Even at Cinestar theaters, the printer system also encountered problems due to overload. Theater staff and managers then had to replace them with handwritten tickets to promptly serve customers. According to this unit, this is a real incident and is absolutely not a move to serve PR purposes (promotion – PV) for the movie from Cinestar.
Website overload is not a cybersecurity problem
In response to reporters’ questions, a representative of the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that in recent days, this unit has not received requests for support from the National Cinema Center or distribution units. other movies.
“The overloaded website of the National Cinema Center is simply a technical problem and not related to an information security incident.”, said a representative of the Department of Information Security.
Exchange with VietNamNet, security expert Ngo Minh Hieu also confirmed and said that problems with cinema systems’ websites are simply due to too many people accessing them at the same time. This is not an unusual cybersecurity incident.
A scene from the movie “Peach, Pho and Piano”.
On social networks, there are currently spreading some conspiracy theories about publishers deliberately “bringing down” websites to create an effect to increase attraction to viewers.
According to an anonymous security expert, in theory, the website owner could “take down” his website to create a fake paralysis. For example, they can limit bandwidth, not freeing up connection resources.
However, in the case of the National Cinema Center, this expert said that the problem of website overload is a very normal thing.
“The National Cinema Center’s website is not a place that carries a large load because the number of people coming here to watch “blockbuster” movies is not large. In this case, initially “Peach, Pho and Piano” is an almost exclusive release. With a large influx of people, the possibility of website congestion is understandable.”experts commented.
“Peach, Pho and Piano” is a film written and directed by Meritorious Artist Phi Tien Son. The film is set in the heroic 60-day and night-long battle of the Capital’s army and people at the end of 1946, opening the nation’s Resistance War against the French.
The stories of the main characters in the film reflect the pomp and elegance of Hanoi people, and at the same time, convey the message of patriotism, thereby creating many emotions for viewers. That is also the reason why the movie “Peach, Pho and Piano” became a phenomenon on social networking platforms.
