Hi Benjamin and RhinosF1, in the meantime, you could also check out the coverage in the September edition of the Signpost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-09-30/In_the_media
(I'm sure however that the Foundation's incident report <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation> will be more detailed and informative, in particular regarding any significant changes made to the traffic setup of Wikimedia sites and support obtained from third-party companies.) Regards, HaeB On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 8:20 PM Heather Walls <hwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 <benjaminik...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > I am also curious about this. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 2019, at 2:55 PM, RhinosF1 - <rhino...@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 <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. 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