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TechCrunch May 1, 2026 at 15:00 Startups Rising Hot

Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the Linux-based operating system.

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May 1, 2026 at 15:11 Hacker News

Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down

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May 1, 2026 at 15:00 TechCrunch

Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Cano...

May 1, 2026 at 07:44 Hacker News

Canonical/Ubuntu have been under DDoS for more than 15h

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Apr 20, 2026 at 16:58 TechCrunch

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

Apr 18, 2026 at 18:05 SecurityLab

Купил DDoS атаку — жди обыск. Полицейские решили наказать начинающих взломщиков

Полиция из 21 страны разгромила сервисы для организации DDoS-атак.

Apr 17, 2026 at 13:22 TechCrunch

Bluesky confirms DDoS attack is cause of continued app outages

Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET on April 15.

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