
- A sustained DDoS attack disrupted Ubuntu installs, updates, and Canonical’s web infrastructure
- The outage lasted nearly a full day, affecting security APIs and multiple websites
- An Iraqi hacktivist group claimed responsibility, using a booter service to launch the attack
Users are reporting being unable to install or update Ubuntu following a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by Iraqi hacktivists, with Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux distribution, was also struck.