On the website of the non-profit organization Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the infrastructure of several crowdsourced wiki projects, including Wikipedia, there has appeared , stating that the disruption of the online encyclopedia was caused by a targeted hacker attack. It was previously reported that in several countries, Wikipedia temporarily shifted to offline mode. According to available data, access to the web resource was lost for users from Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland, and some other countries.
The message describes a prolonged attack that information security specialists attempted to repel. The project's support team was working intensively to restore access to Wikipedia as quickly as possible.
As one of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia sometimes attracts the attention of "malicious" users. Together with the rest of the Internet, we operate in a complex environment where threats are constantly evolving. For this reason, the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia Foundation have created special systems and hired personnel to carry out continuous monitoring and risk mitigation. When problems arise, we learn, we improve, and we prepare to become even better next time, " says the message posted on the organization's website.
It is still unclear how extensive the attack on servers Wikipedia was and what actions were taken to counter it. It is possible that these details will be announced after the investigation of the incident.
Source: 3dnews.ru
