Canonical Websites Disrupted in Second DDoS Attack This Year
Canonical websites including ubuntu.com experienced a DDoS attack causing approximately four hours of downtime, the second this year.
Canonical confirmed a DDoS attack on October 8 that disrupted ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog, developer site, and security advisory pages for about four hours. Developer-facing services including Launchpad and Snap Store were unaffected. This follows a larger April attack claimed by hacktivist group The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Team that also disrupted Ubuntu update installations; no group has claimed the latest attack.
- ~4 hours downtime across Canonical web properties
- Security advisory pages and API among affected services
- Launchpad and Snap Store not impacted
- Second DDoS attack on Canonical in 2026
- No group has claimed responsibility for latest attack
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