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@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@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
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/07/malicious-attack-on-wikipedi...
"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
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