Archive of Our Own

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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is down due to a DDoS attack (Polygon)

The Archive of Our Own (AO3) website went down Monday morning due to a DDoS attack. The admins of the popular fanfiction site said volunteers are working on ...

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Archive of Our Own Website Suffering Massive DDoS Attacks (HackRead)

AO3, known for its vast collection of fan-created content across various fandoms and genres, serves as a non-profit online archive. However, this cyber attack ...

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Fanfic writers targeted by Anonymous Sudan in apparent DDoS ... (Cyber Security Connect)

Popular fan fiction repository Archive of Our Own has reported that it is under sustained DDoS attack from a group of “religiously and politically ...

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Archive of Our Own users unable to access site as AO3 admits there ... (The Sun)

THOUSANDS of users have reported issues with Archive of Our Own since Monday morning.Over 4000 users in the U.S. reported issues on Downdetector Mond.

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Archive of Our Own is down, and it could be offline for weeks (Mashable)

Fan fiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) is currently down due to a DDoS attack claimed by hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan.

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Archive of Our Own is down and life isn't worth living now (INSIDER)

The site was hit by a DDoS attack on Monday. My sympathies to anyone who was in the middle of a 100,000 word piece of saucy fanfiction. Get the inside scoop ...

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No, Archive of Our Own (AO3) is not shutting down (PiunikaWeb)

Users can post, share, and discover fan works in a number of fandoms using this platform that was developed by the Organization for Transformative Works.

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