Security News > 2021 > March > Blender website in maintenance mode after hacking attempt
Blender.org, the official website of the popular 3D computer graphics software Blender, is now in maintenance mode according to a message displayed on the site.
According to Blender, parts of the blender.org website and some of the blogs are still down and will remain offline for several hours.
Blender said that checksums for all files available for download have been verified and are considered safe to download. You can also check the checksums for all downloaded files from Blender's servers or any of the mirrors using the MD5 or SHA256 hashes available for all Linux, Windows, and macOS releases at download.blender.org/release/ or on the official download page.
"Checksums have been verified and it is considered safe to download Blender."
The Blender Cloud web-based service for accessing Blender training videos hosted at cloud.
BleepingComputer has reached out to a Blender spokesperson for more details but has not heard back.