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DDoS attack takes Archive of Our Own and related OTW sites offline

Distributed denial-of-service traffic began on 10 July 2023 against the Organization for Transformative Works services. Archive of Our Own was largely inaccessible for roughly 28 hours, while related sites and support functions were also impaired. The operator explicitly declined to accept the online group claiming responsibility as verified.

72

Estimated severity

72 / 100

97

Source reliability

97 / 100

Approximate Date

2023-07-10

Targeted Company

ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

United States

USA

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

United States

Affected countries

United States

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

1.17 days

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service unavailability

Affected sectors

Media & Entertainment

Affected departments

Customer ServiceInformation Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Distributed denial of service

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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