A pro-Iran group is DDoSing Ubuntu and Canonical servers, blocking OS updates and web access for over 24 hours.
Ubuntu and Canonical servers have been offline for over 24 hours following a sustained DDoS attack using a service called Beam, a load-testing front used to knock down third-party sites. A pro-Iran group claimed responsibility via Telegram, the same group that recently hit eBay. Canonical confirmed a 'sustained, cross-border attack' via a status page but has otherwise gone dark. Mirror-based Ubuntu updates still function; direct Canonical infrastructure does not.
Direct apt updates from Ubuntu servers are failing. If your CI/CD pipeline, Docker builds, or server provisioning scripts pull from canonical Ubuntu repos, they are silently failing or hanging right now. This is not a hypothetical risk — it is actively breaking builds for any team not using mirrors.
Audit every Dockerfile, Ansible playbook, and CI config that runs `apt-get update` this week — if any point to the default Ubuntu archive, swap in a regional mirror (e.g. `us.archive.ubuntu.com`) to unblock builds immediately.
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