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 <hwa...@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 <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 > > > > > > > > -- > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
