strikeMay 1, 2026

Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown

Summary

Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down 313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming Canonical says its web infrastructure is under attack after a pro-Iran hacktivist group instructed its members to target the open source giant.

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Connor JonesBy Connor Jones
Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down 313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming Canonical says its web infrastructure is under attack after a pro-Iran hacktivist group instructed its members to target the open source giant. "I can conf…

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