Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCanonical/Ubuntu have been under DDoS for more than 17 hoursstatus.canonical.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareterabyterex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 days agohttps://www.pcmag.com/news/pro-iran-hackers-hit-ubuntus-canonical-with-ddos-float-extortion-demand https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/ its their continued attack on american companies
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI kinda assume the hacker group link is fake. Ubuntu is British, but Microsoft contracts with the US DoD. It doesn’t make sense, unless it’s just easy money. I don’t quite buy it.
minus-squareterabyterex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-22 days agoi should have said the west. iran has called out the uk. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/iran-issues-chilling-threat-uk-36903494 they already bombed amazon for no financial gain. https://apnews.com/article/amazon-aws-data-center-uae-iran-bahrain-71066b0a822c4cfd88b61e3fe79af917 why did you think it was fake?
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat was over a month ago. A lot has changed in that time. Ubuntu is not associated with the UK military or even government. Amazon does support the US government and other governments through the provision of their web services. For all its problems I don’t believe Iran is an irrational actor.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pro-iran-hackers-hit-ubuntus-canonical-with-ddos-float-extortion-demand
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/
its their continued attack on american companies
I kinda assume the hacker group link is fake. Ubuntu is British, but Microsoft contracts with the US DoD. It doesn’t make sense, unless it’s just easy money. I don’t quite buy it.
i should have said the west. iran has called out the uk.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/iran-issues-chilling-threat-uk-36903494
they already bombed amazon for no financial gain.
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-aws-data-center-uae-iran-bahrain-71066b0a822c4cfd88b61e3fe79af917
why did you think it was fake?
That was over a month ago. A lot has changed in that time. Ubuntu is not associated with the UK military or even government.
Amazon does support the US government and other governments through the provision of their web services.
For all its problems I don’t believe Iran is an irrational actor.