Outage in FutureLearn

Malicious attack causing stability of site

Resolved Minor
January 28, 2021 - Started about 3 years ago
Official incident page

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Outage Details

At 06:47 (UTC) we were alerted to a huge amount of traffic being flooded to the site. This appears to be malicious traffic sent in an extremely high volume. We have taken steps to protect against the stability of the site.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 3 years ago - at 01/28/2021 07:38AM

This incident has now been resolved.

MONITORING about 3 years ago - at 01/28/2021 07:32AM

The steps taken appear to have helped. We are monitoring the situation.

IDENTIFIED about 3 years ago - at 01/28/2021 07:25AM

At 06:47 (UTC) we were alerted to a huge amount of traffic being flooded to the site. This appears to be malicious traffic sent in an extremely high volume. We have taken steps to protect against the stability of the site.

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