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Arch Linux Website Hit by DDoS and Temporarily Limited to IPv6 (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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I know this isn’t the kind of news Linux fans were hoping to read on Christmas Day, but unfortunately, on a day meant for faith, kindness, and hope, others are choosing to act in exactly the opposite way.

Many of you probably remember the problems Arch faced just a few months ago due to massive DDoS attacks, which mainly affected the AUR. Sadly, just when it seemed those issues were behind, a new large-scale DDoS attack on Christmas Day once again made the distribution’s website effectively inaccessible.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

DDoS is cheap to buy on the dark web it could be anybody with a grudge and a few thousand USD. It often costs more to mitigate the attacks than to launch them.