Popular AO3 fanfiction site goes down in wave of DDoS attacks
that the issue was caused by “a DDoS attack” — a malicious cybercrime in which threat actors overwhelm a server with traffic — “causing the servers to fall over.”
A group claiming to be Anonymous Sudan has taken credit for the attack, and is demanding a ransom to stop the ongoing operation. The AO3 team is currently trying to defend against the attack and restore the platform, warning that users may experience various error messages or encounter display issues with the site layout in the meantime. The company said that because DDoS attacks don’t compromise private user data, there’s no need for users to change their password in response to the outage. At the time of writing, no estimated timeline has been provided regarding when the archive will be back online.
A group on the Telegram messaging service claiming to be ‘hacktivist’ organization Anonymous Sudan has taken credit for the attack. According to threat intelligence vendor
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