Ubuntu and Canonical servers remain offline after DDoS attack

9 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · May 1

The outage has lasted more than 24 hours, disrupting most websites and update downloads, while mirror sites still work and Canonical has issued no further public comment.
A pro-Iran group said on Telegram and other social media that it used Beam, described as a DDoS-for-hire service, to overwhelm Canonical's web infrastructure.
The disruption has hampered Ubuntu's communications after a flawed disclosure of a major vulnerability and follows earlier claims by the same group of DDoS attacks on eBay.

Could the timing of the Ubuntu DDoS attack and the new Linux kernel vulnerability signal a coordinated strategy to maximize disruption?

How are evolving hacktivist tactics, like coalition-driven DDoS and extortion, challenging the resilience of open-source software and its users?