Public Ubuntu and Canonical Services Disrupted by DDoS Attack

Colleagues, please note: Canonical and Ubuntu’s public infrastructure have been hit by a large-scale DDoS attack.

- Activists report outages of websites and the security API; updates and package installations became unavailable.
- Canonical confirmed a “coordinated, cross-border attack” and is working on restoration.
- Reports indicate use of DDoS‑for‑hire (booter); the incident has persisted for about 20 hours.

Why it matters: update unavailability increases operational and security risks for organisations.

Recommend checking update mirrors, resilience plans and patch deployment monitoring.

How would you assess your infrastructure’s preparedness for such DDoS attacks?

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