Popular fanfiction platform AO3 goes down in wave of DDoS attacks

Archive of Our Own (AO3) experienced a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that forced the website offline for a short period of time.

i hope the ao3 volunteers are okay, dealing with a

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Fanfiction past always comes back to you ✊️ : r/AO3

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😱 World's Largest Fanfiction Site SHUT DOWN! 😱