On July 10, over 4,000 AO3 users in the US reported trouble accessing the website in the afternoon. Later, on July 10, AO3 tweeted that the site was under a DDoS attack. A ‘Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack’ is a malicious attempt to make the target server unavailable. According to a report by Hindustantimes.com, another tweet by AO3 revealed that the attackers were “a collective of religiously and politically motivated hackers” known as ‘Anonymous Sudan’. Furthermore, its users argue that AO3 provides them with a safe space to indulge in their creativity.

Source: Hindustan Times July 13, 2023 00:14 UTC