Archive of Our Own (AO3) Suffers DDoS Attack, Faces Weeks of Downtime
The popular fanfiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) went offline following a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), which runs AO3, confirmed the attack and announced that the site could be unavailable for up to four weeks while they work on recovery. A group identified as Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack.
3 articles from 2 outlets covered this story. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.
What do all outlets agree on?
2 outlets covered “Archive of Our Own (AO3) Suffers DDoS Attack, Faces Weeks of Downtime”. All of them report the following:
- Archive of Our Own (AO3) website is down
- The outage is due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
- The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) confirmed the attack
- Recovery is estimated to take up to four weeks
- Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the attack
Which outlets covered this?
All 3 articles found on this story, grouped by the stance of the piece. Every link goes to the original publisher.
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