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Ubuntu website hit by sustained DDoS attack

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Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has reported that its official website is experiencing a sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This ongoing cyberattack is causing intermittent unavailability of some services as the team works to resolve the issue. The website is managed by OMG! Ubuntu. AI

RANK_REASON This is a report of a cyberattack on a website, which falls under the 'tool' category as it pertains to operational disruptions rather than a core AI development or release.

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Ubuntu website hit by sustained DDoS attack

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🐧 Ubuntu website under ‘sustained’ DDoS attack Ubuntu’s official website is currently under a “sustained distributed denial of service attack”, say Canonical. I

    🐧 Ubuntu website under ‘sustained’ DDoS attack Ubuntu’s official website is currently under a “sustained distributed denial of service attack”, say Canonical. It says some services may be ‘intermittently unavailable’ while its team work to reso... 📰 Source: OMG! Ubuntu 🔗 Link: ht…

    LINKS omgubuntu.co.uk/…/ubuntu-website-ddos-par…

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