Hi everyone,
We hope to have something for you in the next few weeks.
Regards,
Heather
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 2:13 PM Benjamin Ikuta <benjaminikuta(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I am also curious about this.
On Oct 20, 2019, at 2:55 PM, RhinosF1 -
<rhinosf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Any idea of when an incident report may come out?
RhinosF1
Wikimedia User & Incident Reporter
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 00:29, Heather Walls <hwalls(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> 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."
>
>
> --
>
> Heather Walls (she/her)
>
> Chief Creative Officer
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
https://wikimediafoundation.org
>
>
>
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