I think matrix.org was attacked all day long … I saw many new ACL bans in matrix hq

Posted this morning on xrGlobal – affected Mattermost and UK Hub:

Rebel Service Announcement: Our Swiss datacenter is currently being attacked using the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) method, an attack designed to stress and exhaust servers and their network infrastructure. We do not yet know the specific target. There may be poor performance while they employ a mitigation strategy. Thank you for your patience.

and shortly after:

XR Finland has been the subject of a very large and well resourced mixed-type DDoS attack. Their server has been taken offline to allow the datacenter itself to continue to function.

This evening:

Unfortunately our core server is now the subject of the attack,