Ubuntu and Canonical hit by DDoS attack as updates stall for users worldwide

Attackers claimed responsibility after updates were blocked

Ubuntu and Canonical services suffered outages after a distributed denial-of-service attack claimed by hacktivists. Several Ubuntu and Canonical websites were impacted, and users reportedly couldn’t complete OS updates during the disruption. The incident highlights how even widely used open-source platforms can be disrupted when infrastructure and update paths are targeted at scale.