Ubuntu Website Down Amid Sustained DDoS Attack

Anyone trying to reach the Ubuntu website today, download ISO images, or use related resources tied to the distribution is finding them inoperable. The cause is a confirmed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is currently ongoing.

The mechanics of such attacks are straightforward: a flood of requests from many sources is aimed at the infrastructure until the servers can no longer cope, and legitimate traffic stops being served. For a project of this scale, that means both the main site and the channels for distributing system images are knocked offline at once.

For now, all that is known is that the attack is sustained and affects Ubuntu's public-facing resources. Details — the source, the scale, and how long it may last — have not been disclosed at the time of reporting.

Source: Phoronix