Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Ubuntu’s Canonical Websites and Security APIs

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, suffered a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack on October 8, 2026, disrupting its main websites and security information services. The outage lasted four hours and 12 minutes, according to OMG! Ubuntu. It was Canonical’s second major DDoS incident this year, following a broader disruption in late April. Canonical confirmed the incident through Ubuntu Discourse, warning that some services could become intermittently unavailable. “Canonical’s websites are under a sustained distributed denial of service attack,” the company stated. Its engineers worked to restore access, and an October 9 update said most affected services were available again while recovery work...

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