TLDR
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313 Team hit Ubuntu.com with a sustained DDoS exceeding 12 hours and followed up with an extortion demand to Canonical.
Key Takeaways
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Canonical confirmed a “sustained, cross-border DDoS attack” targeting its web infrastructure; ubuntu.com was down for 12+ hours.
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313 Team (Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq) announced the attack via Telegram, initially scheduling it for four hours.
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The group escalated to extortion, emailing Canonical a Session contact ID and threatening continued assault without payment.
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Users cannot download Ubuntu distros through normal channels or log into Canonical accounts during the outage.
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313 Team has also claimed DDoS attacks on eBay Japan, eBay US, and BlueSky within the past month.
Hacker News Comment Review
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Availability appears inconsistent across regions and networks; commenters reported conflicting results checking ubuntu.com at the same time.
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