Ao3 Ddos Attack - Tumblr Posts
I support the troops (the ao3 volunteer admins) in their war on terror (counter measures against whatever fucker decided to ddos my only source of dopamine)
I'm really sorry to anyone who's struggling because of ao3 being down. Please do not get angry at the ao3 staff because this is a targeted ddos attack based off of homophobia and puritan culture.
I recommend that everyone wait a day or two to do their ao3 thing because this attack is probably going to last for hours.
In the meantime, if you know anyone who volunteers for ao3, please support them. They are working hard to fix this, and we should be angry at the people who are doing the attack for no reason other than bigotry instead of the poor workers who have to fix this attack.
I hope everyone has a good day despite all this craziness.
jokes aside y’all should be donating MONEY to ao3 if you want it to keep hosting lgbtq+ and nsfw content
I’m pledging 50$ — who else is in?
We've temporarily disabled the ability to request a new account invitation as a preventative measure due to a spam attack. If you already have an invitation, you can still use it! However, anyone currently in the queue will not receive an invitation until we turn it back on.
Additionally, we have temporarily disabled the form on the Technical Support & Feedback page and taken the Policy Questions & Abuse Reports page offline. Anyone attempting to access the Policy Questions & Abuse Reports will receive an error page about being blocked from archiveofourown.org, but don't panic -- this is not the case! It's just the default error displayed by Cloudflare. You can continue to access the rest of the site as normal.
Lastly, the Organization for Transformative Works' donation page -- which is hosted by a third party provider -- is currently offline due to a DDoS attack. This is the only donation form the OTW uses, so please be cautious of scammers impersonating AO3 or the OTW to solicit donations. We are unable to take them at this time.
July 11, 2023 - 23:50 UTC
OTW Website and Donation Form Are Down
18:30 UTC on July 11, 2023
As of now AO3 is back up. However, in the past hour the OTW website and the donation platform have become inaccessible. We believe it is part of the same attack first made on the Archive. We will be providing updates via this account.
We also want to alert fans that on Twitter someone is using the name AO3_Status_ (note the second underscore). If you are on Twitter, please block and report this account.
The fake account is impersonating our service status account and attempting to scam AO3 users out of money. Fans on all platforms should be wary of anyone soliciting money on behalf of the OTW or its projects at this time. (The real donation form is currently down due to a DDoS.)
Open Doors and Legal Advocacy pages are also not available at this time. Our Fanlore project is being worked on and should be back today. Our Transformative Works and Cultures site has not been affected. Thank you for being patient while we restore services!
Ao3 warning!
The donation link is being attacked by DDoS now, and there is a fake ao3 account on Twitter trying to scam people and suck in the donation money!
Wait before donating!!!