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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
Hey guys, looks like we went a little overboard and blocked some too many IP ranges while fending off a pretty hefty DDoS attack. I've lifted those broad blocks but left the specific offending IPs in place (they'll drop off automatically in a few days).
You should be able to get back on the site now. Sorry for the hassle.
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So are we confident it was a targeted DDoS attack? The speculation on
the other thread was that it was a knock-on effect of AI bots trying to scrape info from the site. Which admittedly might have had the same end-result, I'm just curious whether the DDoS was intentional or merely a side-effect of the other thing.