Archive of Our Own (AO3) Suffers DDoS Attack, Raises Concerns About Website Security On Monday, Archive of Our Own (AO3), the popular repository of fan-written works, fell victim to a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The attack, which inundated the website with a deluge of service requests, resulted in a temporary shutdown of AO3. While the website’s […]
The Threat of DDoS Attacks on Online Platforms AO3 Fanfiction Site Targeted by DDoS Attacks The popular fanfiction platform Archive of Our Own (AO3) has been under siege in recent days, as a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have left the website inaccessible to its users. The first signs of trouble emerged on July 10th […]
