Spam Resource: Fastmail dealing with DDOS attack

Al Iverson just posted a new engaging blog on Spam Resource:

The good people at email platform provider Fastmail (whom I’ve blogged about more than once previously) are dealing with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Not fun. I feel for them.From Twitter: Over the last two days, service has been interrupted several times.  This is the result of an ongoing attack against Fastmail as well as other email providers.  We’re working with network service providers and law enforcement to put an end to the problem.– @Fastmail – 9:31 PM – Oct 22, 2021Fastmail users and interested parties, you can find current status information on their system status site here. Their two most recent updates that I see (current as of 6:25 pm Chicago time on Saturday October 23rd) combine to say:”We have multiple mitigations in place against the DDOS attacks and we are continuing to monitor. No mail has been lost, your data remains safe and services are operational.” … “DDOS protection…

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