Archive of Our Own is down due to a DDoS attack

[just444]

Archive of Our Own is down due to a DDoS attack https://t.co/IihtOxgbms pic.twitter.com/8rh2ja0g65
- Polygon (@Polygon) July 10, 2023

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for the not fanficton readers, Archive of Our Own (Ao3) is the site for fanfics

Comments

[willardwright]

"Experts do not believe they are honest about their motivation" - I really wonder what they mean by this. So they don't think it's a religiously/politically motivated group? What other reason is there to hack a fanfiction website? I guess they could just be bored teenagers or something.

[sillycucumber2]

I bet that's what it is.

I don't know if religious extremists care about fanfiction. Maybe they do tho? Who knows.

[willardwright]

In my country we had religious extremists who cared about a male teletubby using a woman's purse, so honestly, I'm not surprised at anything anymore. Plus controlling entertainment, especially entertainment for women, is a big deal for them.

[theylezharold]

Oh dear god that's insane. But I'm from Russia, so

[misandrylmao]

I just got into a fun unexpected routine of getting lightly stoned and reading a bit of Charmed fanfiction before bed lol I hope they fix it soon

[nudrive]

we cant have anything nice...

[puramierda]

;-; pls come back

[just444]

ok that weird sudan group now posted a ransom demand on telegram

https://t.me/AnonymousSudan/1661

they want $30,000 in Bitcoin

[slaygalthessily]

Readers on ao3 can raise money, but they won’t be doing that. These assholes can keep it for as long as they can but they’re waisting their own time and money in doing so. Ao3 is donation run and not for profit. I don’t know what they thought they were going after.

[blood_pressures]

>we will not stop an attack because ao3 admins are paedophiles who are corrupting our children!1 we will stop you!
>actually you can give us money

lmao fuck off

[celja]

lol Bitcoin is still a thing?