Canonical websites hit by second DDoS attack this year

On October 8 Canonical confirmed a DDoS attack on its main web properties, including ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the Ubuntu blog and developer site, and its security advisory pages and API. Launchpad and the Snap Store were unaffected, downtime lasted just over four hours, and no one has claimed responsibility.

• Attack hit ubuntu.com, canonical.com, the blog and security advisory API
• Launchpad and Snap Store were not affected, per OMG! Ubuntu
• Total downtime was a little over four hours
• Canonical suffered a larger attack in late April 2026