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

submitted 2 weeks 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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[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I know the Arch community is kind of rough, but any reason we know of that they're being targeted? Feels like a weird target for any major actors to prioritize for destabilization.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I seem to recall hearing speculation that the person behind this had their AUR packages deleted because they were posting malware. I've only heard this second-hand so it could be complete bullshit, but it seems plausible given some of the fucking adult babies we have out in the world.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

You don't have to be an adult to post malware and hire DDoS botnets

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