On Sunday, 3rd April at around midday UTC time, we noticed a huge increase in Apache requests on our server that runs OMG! Ubuntu!
Whereas a normal day would average around 170 requests per minute, we were seeing up to 1,000 requests per minute, averaging at around 700.
The attack was from dozens of random IP addresses which accessed seemingly random valid URLs on the site causing the CPU to overload, and as such the server could not handle genuine traffic.
The DDoS attack lasted for around 10 hours before it finally ceased. We believe it was the work of a botnet hired out by somebody who has a gripe with OMG! Ubuntu!
Due to the nature of the attack, it's very difficult, if not impossible, to find out who the attacker was, but we are now working on preparing the server for any future attacks so our down time isn't affected as much as it was yesterday.
To the attackers: We don't know who you are, or why you'd want to take down OMG! Ubuntu! but grow up and stop being childish. If you have a gripe with us, be an adult and tell us rather than cause unnecessary disruption.
Whereas a normal day would average around 170 requests per minute, we were seeing up to 1,000 requests per minute, averaging at around 700.
The attack was from dozens of random IP addresses which accessed seemingly random valid URLs on the site causing the CPU to overload, and as such the server could not handle genuine traffic.
The DDoS attack lasted for around 10 hours before it finally ceased. We believe it was the work of a botnet hired out by somebody who has a gripe with OMG! Ubuntu!
Due to the nature of the attack, it's very difficult, if not impossible, to find out who the attacker was, but we are now working on preparing the server for any future attacks so our down time isn't affected as much as it was yesterday.
To the attackers: We don't know who you are, or why you'd want to take down OMG! Ubuntu! but grow up and stop being childish. If you have a gripe with us, be an adult and tell us rather than cause unnecessary disruption.
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