#a03 status

[the-final-sif]

A03 is Back, and Please Do Not Blindly Spread The Claim That A Group Called "Anonymous Sudan" Is Behind This

A03 is back online, and that's great! However, there are posts going around right now blindly saying that a group called "Anonymous Sudan" is behind the attack and repeating the group's stated goals. As A03 has already said, there is good reason to doubt that this group is being honest about it's political motivations and affiliations. We don't know the whole story yet, but it's quite possible that the group is attempting to intentionally stoke islamophobia.

Please do not blindingly spread posts repeating the group's motivation, and be extremely wary of islamophobic statements that might be coming across your dash. More information will come out in time as security experts are able to do their job and trace down the group in question.

[starreyblueberry]

a03 is down what is the point of life anymore

[wintersrealm]

Me: hides in a cave dealing with shit

Religious cult: fucks with A03

Me: *awakens* GRAB THE PITCHFORKS!!! WHERE ARE THE NERDS?! WE NEED TO ATTACK!!!!

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

So it might be worth avoiding AO3 for a spell longer. Tried to get on it this morning to check if things were back to normal cause I can't check Twitter on accounts of not having an account and refusing to make on. But I digress. Tried to get on AO3 and the Firewall on the vessel I'm on blocked it. For a potential DNS Rebind.

Which a few minutes of research suggests is a mechanism by which malware hijacks an outside computer to contribute to a DDOS.

[danimason2019]

Speak Now Appreciation

I wrote 12 stories based on Taylor Swift's Speak Now. I am going to improve the Adam-12 one, and I haven't got all of them published on Wattpad. Wattpad is being very annoying and not letting me publish things. I am only going to link the series where all the stories are in Wattpad

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[that-one-brunette2]

Does anyone have any merch for the a03 shut down? Ik we all joked about it, but I kinda need a button or smth. Does anyone know where one could purchase?

[glacierhedera]

Is it just me or is A03 down with the server upgrades?

[wintersrealm]

Warning! ⚠️ A03 Notice as follows:

And now, my personal feelings on this situation:

WOOOOWWW. First, let’s f**k with this plethora of free material from fans and aspiring writers (in other words, free therapy). Second, when the site starts to recover, let’s scam them just to hit everyone while they’re down!

(I have no idea if it’s being perpetrated by the same group, but they are without a doubt kicking users when they’re already down).

*rage*

Don’t get scammed guys, be healthy, live good lives, remember that you can download A03 stories in case of a shut down like this in the future.