Update concerning DDoS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu

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Post by kyrofa » Fri, May 01, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC

Update concerning DDoS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu
discourse.ubuntu.com

Re: Update concerning DDoS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu

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Post by kyrofa » Fri, May 01, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

It appears that 313 Team is claiming credit for this.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/pro-iran-hackers-hit-ubuntus-cano...

https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1t0jf3p/313_...

Re: Update concerning DDoS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu

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Post by d3Xt3r » Fri, May 01, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC

Saved you a click:

> Canonical’s web infrastructure is under a sustained, cross-border attack and we are working to address it. We will provide more information in our official channels as soon as we are able to.

Thats all it says unfortunately, and this was posted 14 hours ago, with no more recent updates as far as I can tell.

Re: Update concerning DDoS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu

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Post by kyrofa » Fri, May 01, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC

d3Xt3r wrote: post #3

Saved you a click: > Canonical’s web infrastructure is under a sustained, cross-border attack and we are working to address it. We will provide more information in our official channels as soon as we are able to. Thats all it says unfortunately, and this was posted 14 hours ago, with no more recent updates as far as I can tell.

Yeah that's all it says ANYWHERE right now (https://status.canonical.com/, X, etc.), but so much of their infrastructure is down. Hoping for an update before too long.