Wikipedia down in Europe

[Moral Hazard]

wikipedia is not loading in Europe.

If anybody can write a short piece and put it on the blog, we would get a lot of traffic.

[Dysklyver]

Reports suggest someone DDoSed essams, Wikimedias Netherlands based server.

Obviously this is an example that if Wikipedia's European edge server is turned off, then Wikipedia can't be reached in Europe.

[Vigilant]

Reports suggest someone DDoSed essams, Wikimedias Netherlands based server.

Obviously this is an example that if Wikipedia's European edge server is turned off, then Wikipedia can't be reached in Europe.

Countdown til the Giraffe Stapler blames the Pirate Party in 3... 2... 1...

[Kumioko]

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure.

[Bezdomni]

Apparently, the attackers know how to get the word out...

https://twitter.com/davidgerard/status/1170061571957112844

[Xade]

Apparently, the attackers know how to get the word out...

https://twitter.com/davidgerard/status/1170061571957112844

Gerard will probably fix it... eventually... he just needs to remember how to code first...

[Jbhunley]

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure.

Do you have any reporting on this? Regions/areas effected. I see Verizon down for most of the East Coast (FEMA Regions I-III) and a US Cellular map with I-III and a lot of the Central US. Have you heard any reports of land line outages?

Thank you.

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Jbhunley

[Vigilant]

Apparently, the attackers know how to get the word out...

https://twitter.com/davidgerard/status/1170061571957112844

He looks like someone tried to whittle a penis out of a hotdog.

[Dysklyver]

Well Wikimedia Italy has confirmed it was a DDoS attack on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/WikimediaItalia/sta ... 5309696006

Although they have been making it pretty clear it was an attack for some time now on IRC.

[Kumioko]

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure.

Do you have any reporting on this? Regions/areas effected. I see Verizon down for most of the East Coast (FEMA Regions I-III) and a US Cellular map with I-III and a lot of the Central US. Have you heard any reports of land line outages?

Thank you.

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Jbhunley

It seems to affect T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon from what I've seen.

It seems to affect everything, all networks, East of Kansas City and The western Coast line from Seattle down to San Diego, as well as Southern Texas and the Gulf. So, all the populated Areas of the US.

[mendaliv]

Down in the midwest via cellular (AT&T IP address), up via fiberoptic (small ISP).

[Vigilant]

No problem out west.

[Jbhunley]

For what it's worth a large porton of the Cell service is currently not working in the US. It could be related, but I'm not sure.

Do you have any reporting on this? Regions/areas effected. I see Verizon down for most of the East Coast (FEMA Regions I-III) and a US Cellular map with I-III and a lot of the Central US. Have you heard any reports of land line outages?

Thank you.

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Jbhunley

It seems to affect T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon from what I've seen.

It seems to affect everything, all networks, East of Kansas City and The western Coast line from Seattle down to San Diego, as well as Southern Texas and the Gulf. So, all the populated Areas of the US.

Thank you + mendaliv & Vigilant. It looks like it is just cellular then, not land lines or the trunk lines then. I was afraid I might lose my night to being stuck on a HF radio -- I already spent enough time eying WP while listening to atmospheric noise and M110a modems without an *actual* communications emergency :-)

It seems like a big outage though so if it goes pop at least I won't be surprised.

Enjoy your evenings.

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Jbhunley

[Katie]

It's not working where I am. Worked for a short time presumably before the DDOS attack started again.

[mendaliv]

Down in the midwest via cellular (AT&T IP address), up via fiberoptic (small ISP).

Down on fiberoptic now. Still down on cellular.

[Midsize Jake]

I'm still seeing the same Communist-era Mongolian yak-porn images that I usually get... Oops, hang on, I guess I just fell asleep for a minute there.

[Vigilant]

I'm still seeing the same Communist-era Mongolian yak-porn images that I usually get... Oops, hang on, I guess I just fell asleep for a minute there.

That's just commons' home page.
Don't be alarmed.

[Dysklyver]

Well some random hackers claimed responsibility on Twitter and were promptly reported to the NCSC by angry Wikimedia devs. No doubt they will be regretting it later.

Embarrassingly the entirety of Wikimedia's European traffic seems to have been routed through a single network switch meaning that DDoS'ing their network was actually absurdly easy.

[Vigilant]

Well some random hackers claimed responsibility on Twitter and were promptly reported to the NCSC by angry Wikimedia devs. No doubt they will be regretting it later.

Embarrassingly the entirety of Wikimedia's European traffic seems to have been routed through a single network switch meaning that DDoS'ing their network was actually absurdly easy.

Color me shocked.
Jimmy will be along momentarily to whine about how hard they're working and how everyone needs to be thoughtful...

[Randy from Boise]

Well some random hackers claimed responsibility on Twitter and were promptly reported to the NCSC by angry Wikimedia devs. No doubt they will be regretting it later.

Embarrassingly the entirety of Wikimedia's European traffic seems to have been routed through a single network switch meaning that DDoS'ing their network was actually absurdly easy.

Color me shocked.
Jimmy will be along momentarily to whine about how hard they're working and how everyone needs to be thoughtful...

They also clearly need more money to fix the problem. Give generously. (Did you know that if everyone in the world gave the price of a cup of coffee, they could keep the lights on without advertising for another year???)

RfB

[Vigilant]

Well some random hackers claimed responsibility on Twitter and were promptly reported to the NCSC by angry Wikimedia devs. No doubt they will be regretting it later.

Embarrassingly the entirety of Wikimedia's European traffic seems to have been routed through a single network switch meaning that DDoS'ing their network was actually absurdly easy.

Color me shocked.
Jimmy will be along momentarily to whine about how hard they're working and how everyone needs to be thoughtful...

They also clearly need more money to fix the problem. Give generously. (Did you know that if everyone in the world gave the price of a cup of coffee, they could keep the lights on without advertising for another year???)

RfB

Otherwise...

[Poetlister]

He looks like someone tried to whittle a penis out of a hotdog.

He looks like a model of respectability compared to his former self. (I'm not linking to his image on Encyclopædia Dramatica.)

[Vigilant]

He looks like someone tried to whittle a penis out of a hotdog.

He looks like a model of respectability compared to his former self. (I'm not linking to his image on Encyclopædia Dramatica.)

Amazing what happens when you stop hanging out with the GothCon crowd.

[Poetlister]

It's made the mainstream media in Britain:

Wikipedia down: ‘Malicious attack’ brings down online encyclopedia after pages fail to load

‘Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to freely access and share information,’ Wikimedia Foundation says

[Kumioko]

It's made the mainstream media in Britain:

Wikipedia down: ‘Malicious attack’ brings down online encyclopedia after pages fail to load

‘Takedown attacks threaten everyone’s fundamental rights to freely access and share information,’ Wikimedia Foundation says

The WMF is full of shit. It doesn't violate anyone's rights, it just forces them to go to a trustworthy source for information instead of the Wikipedia fansite.

[Ada Sinn]

When this DDoS attack happened on Friday, I was kind of hoping the hackers would replace the main page on en:wp with some banner like "Bring Laura Hale to justice". That would be great global exposure.

[Moral Hazard]

I see a bright future for you.

Welcome!

[Dysklyver]

When this DDoS attack happened on Friday, I was kind of hoping the hackers would replace the main page on en:wp with some banner like "Bring Laura Hale to justice". That would be great global exposure.

The "hackers" just overloaded a network switch, there was no chance of anything high effort happening, alas.

[Poetlister]

When this DDoS attack happened on Friday, I was kind of hoping the hackers would replace the main page on en:wp with some banner like "Bring Laura Hale to justice". That would be great global exposure.

The "hackers" just overloaded a network switch, there was no chance of anything high effort happening, alas.

Yes, hacking is a grossly overused term. Vandalism on Wikipedia is often described in the popular press as hacking, and of course it isn't. To replace the front page, you'd need to either hijack an admin account (which has been done) or penetrate deep into the Wikipedia database.

[The Garbage Scow]

Being covered by the Signpost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... _the_media