Popular fanfiction platform AO3 goes down in wave of DDoS attacks

Archive of Our Own (AO3) experienced a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that forced the website offline for a short period of time.

Archive of Our Own down updates — Thousands of users unable to access fanfiction website as server connection is out

Archive of Our Own is down, and it could be offline for weeks

What is the point of it? : r/AO3

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it's confirmed to be a ddos attack. keep breathing, go drink some water, let the volunteers do what they do. : r/AO3

DDOS-Attack.#ddosattacks #learn #awareness #kali

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This was retweeted by someone who uses the site extensively if you have such a negative opinion on the site why use it? : r/AO3

Am I Getting Ddossed

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Sukrit Venkatagiri (@sukrit@) - 🌱

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