Hello again,
As a follow-up to my last note on the September 6th DDoS attack, we wanted
to provide you with an update. There have been no further attacks in the
last week and our sites are now running normally. Our SRE team is
continuing to monitor the situation.
Based on what we learned in this attack, our security and engineering teams
are researching and putting together plans for more protection of our
infrastructure to address any potential attacks in the future.
We appreciate everyone’s support, particularly the folks on the SRE team,
in helping to restore access.
Yours,
Heather
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 4:25 PM Heather Walls <hwalls(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone,
By now you are likely aware that the Wikimedia sites suffered from a
relatively significant botnet driven DDOS attack on September 6th, taking
them offline in several countries throughout the day. This primarily
affected Wikipedia access in Europe and the Middle East. We posted a short
update of the event on our website.[1]
I would like to thank everyone who stepped up to support the restoration
of our projects, including the fast reporting of community members
throughout the world and our security and engineering teams who worked long
hours to address many complex issues surrounding the attack and our
response—the Site Reliability Engineering team in particular.
The Wikimedia Foundation leadership team is proud to work with such
talented and dedicated staff and supporters.
Yours,
Heather
1.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/07/malicious-attack-on-wikiped…
"Today, Wikipedia was hit with a malicious attack that has taken it
offline in several countries for intermittent periods. The attack is
ongoing and our Site Reliability Engineering team is working hard to stop
it and restore access to the site.
As one of the world’s most popular sites, Wikipedia sometimes attracts
“bad faith” actors. Along with the rest of the web, we operate in an
increasingly sophisticated and complex environment where threats are
continuously evolving. Because of this, the Wikimedia communities and
Wikimedia Foundation have created dedicated systems and staff to regularly
monitor and address risks. If a problem occurs, we learn, we improve, and
we prepare to be better for next time.
We condemn these sorts of attacks. They’re not just about taking Wikipedia
offline. Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to freely
access and share information. We in the Wikimedia movement and Foundation
are committed to protecting these rights for everyone.
Right now, we’re continuing to work to restore access wherever you might
be reading Wikipedia in the world. We’ll keep you posted."
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Heather Walls (she/her)
Chief Creative Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
https://wikimediafoundation.org
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Heather Walls (she/her)
Chief Creative Officer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>