Well done everyone involved! On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 at 00:26, Heather Walls <hwa...@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-wikipedia-what-we-know-and-what-were-doing/ > > "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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- RhinosF1 Miraheze Volunteer _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
