Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Ubuntu’s Canonical Websites and Security APIs
A DDoS attack disrupted Canonical’s Ubuntu websites and security APIs for just over four hours.
Canonical reported a sustained DDoS attack on October 8, 2026, disrupting ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog, the developer portal, and Ubuntu security advisory pages and APIs. The outage lasted four hours and 12 minutes and was Canonical’s second major DDoS of the year after a broader April incident. Launchpad, the Snap Store, Ubuntu SSO, personal package archives, the CD image server, and package repositories remained available. Canonical has not disclosed traffic volume, method, or origin, and reporting as of October 12 named no claiming group; the outage does not show that packages or customer systems were compromised.
- October 8 DDoS lasted four hours and 12 minutes.
- Ubuntu security pages and APIs were intermittently unavailable.
- Package repos, Launchpad, and the Snap Store stayed online.
- No volume, method, or claiming group was disclosed.
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Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, suffered a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack on October 8, 2026, disrupting its main websites and security information services. The outage lasted four hours and 12 minutes, according to OMG! Ubuntu.
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