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DDoS Attack Disrupts Canonical Websites for More Than Four Hours

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Summary

Canonical said a sustained DDoS attack disrupted its primary websites and some related services for a little over four hours. Most services were accessible again the next day; the attack’s origin and size remain undisclosed.

Key points

  • Canonical confirmed the DDoS attack on October 8 and said some websites might be intermittently unreachable.
  • Affected properties included ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog and developer site, and Ubuntu security advisory pages and API.
  • Launchpad and the Snap Store did not appear to be affected in this incident.
  • Most affected services were accessible again by October 9; OMG! Ubuntu reported downtime of a little over four hours.
  • Canonical has not disclosed the attack’s size or origin, and no one appears to have claimed responsibility.
  • A larger DDoS attack in April disrupted Launchpad and the Snap Store; it is unclear whether the incidents are connected.

Article Details

Victim Organization
Canonical
Victim Domain
canonical.com
Incident Type
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
Operational Impact
Canonical’s primary web properties were intermittently unavailable. Canonical said on October 9 that services were being restored and most were accessible again; OMG! Ubuntu reported downtime of a little over four hours. Launchpad and the Snap Store did not appear to be affected.
Claim Status
confirmed

Threat Actors

The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 TeamClaimed responsibility for a separate, more disruptive attack on Canonical in late April; the article says it is unclear whether that incident was connected to the October DDoS attack.

Products

LaunchpadDeveloper-facing services such as Launchpad and the Snap Store did not appear to be affected.Snap StoreDeveloper-facing services such as Launchpad and the Snap Store did not appear to be affected.UbuntuCanonical’s websites were disrupted last week by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, months after a larger attack hit the Ubuntu maker’s infrastructure.

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