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DDoS attack disrupts Canonical websites for more than four hours
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, said a distributed denial-of-service attack disrupted its main websites last week.
The affected services included ubuntu.com, canonical.com, Ubuntu’s blog and developer site, and its security advisory pages and API.
Most were accessible again by October 9, after the company worked to restore them.
The disruption lasted a little over four hours, according to OMG!
Ubuntu.
Developer services Launchpad and the Snap Store did not appear to be affected.
Canonical has not shared details about the attack’s size or origin, and no one appears to have claimed responsibility.
The incident followed a more disruptive attack in late April, but it is unclear whether the two attacks are connected.
Canonical’s websites were disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service attack confirmed by the company on October 8.
The disruption affected Canonical’s primary web properties, including Ubuntu and Canonical websites, blogs and security advisory services.
Canonical said some services might not be reachable at times and that its team was restoring affected services the next day.
Most services were accessible again by October 9, and OMG! Ubuntu reported downtime of a little over four hours.
Canonical has not publicly disclosed the attack’s size or origin, and no one appeared to have claimed responsibility.
- Who
- Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu.
- What
- A distributed denial-of-service attack disrupted its primary websites and related services.
- When
- The company confirmed the attack on October 8. Most services were accessible again by October 9.
- Where
- Canonical’s primary web properties, including ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog and developer site, and security advisory pages and API.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Canonical’s websites are under a sustained distributed denial of service attack
sustained, cross-border attack
A more disruptive DDoS attack hit Canonical, taking down services including Launchpad and the Snap Store.
Canonical confirmed that its websites were under a sustained DDoS attack.
Canonical said its team was still restoring affected services, though most were accessible again.
- Downtime
- A little over four hours, according to OMG! Ubuntu
- Affected services
- ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog and developer site, security advisory pages and API
- Services not apparently affected
- Launchpad and the Snap Store
- Attack confirmation
- October 8
- Attack origin and size
- Not publicly disclosed
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