Popular fanfiction platform AO3 goes down in wave of DDoS attacks

Archive of Our Own (AO3) experienced a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that forced the website offline for a short period of time.

😱 World's Largest Fanfiction Site SHUT DOWN! 😱

Archive Of Our Own Down: AO3 DDoS Attack Explained - Dataconomy

What is the point of it? : r/AO3

Microsoft Outage Map

Am I Getting Ddossed

Why is AO3 not working? Site STILL offline due to 'attack

The SITUATION with AO3 and the DDoS Attack; as told by someone who vaguely knows what they are talking about. : r/AO3

Archive of Our Own down updates — Thousands of users unable to access fanfiction website as server connection is out

Popular Fanfiction Platform Archive Of Our Own Under Heavy DDoS Attack - mxdwn Games

Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is down due to a DDoS attack - Polygon

Archive of Our Own Website Suffering Massive DDoS Attacks

Weekly Intelligence Report - 14 July 2023 - CYFIRMA