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This postmortem details a DDoS attack on The Cutting Room Floor wiki, allegedly triggered by a ban on Claude AI agents and a Twitter dispute, with the attack saturating network connections and requiring hosting mitigation.
In 2003, flawed Netgear routers caused a massive flood of traffic to the University of Wisconsin's NTP server, leading to a long-term operational issue and a collaborative resolution involving the university, manufacturer, and internet communities.
A DDoS attack temporarily disrupted Canonical's public infrastructure after attackers used a stresser service explicitly marketed to bypass Cloudflare. The incident has sparked debate over Cloudflare's dual role in hosting both the attackers' commercial operations and Canonical's protected systems, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.