Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
Summary
An Ars Technica report documents a sustained cross-border DDoS outage that knocked Ubuntu and Canonical infrastructure offline, hindering communication after a major vulnerability disclosure. It highlights reliance on mirror sites for updates, the involvement of a pro-Iran group and DDoS-as-a-service, and the broader lessons for incident response, resilience, and patch management for IT teams and SMBs.