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Incident on 2015-03-27 14:45:37 UTC
Incident Report for GitHub
Resolved
  • 2015-03-27 14:45:37 - The attack has ramped up again, and we're evolving our mitigation strategies to match.
  • 2015-03-27 15:04:59 - We've deployed our volumetric attack defenses against an extremely large amount of traffic. Performance is stabilizing.
  • 2015-03-27 15:49:12 - We're aware that GitHub.com is intermittently unavailable for some users during the ongoing DDoS. Restoring service for all users while deflecting attack traffic is our number one priority.
  • 2015-03-27 19:23:56 - The on-going DDoS attack now includes GitHub Pages. We are working to mitigate any service disruption.
  • 2015-03-27 22:41:06 - We are continuing to defend GitHub against a very large DDoS attack.
  • 2015-03-28 02:30:44 - The ongoing DDoS attack has shifted to include Pages and assets. We are updating our defenses to match.
  • 2015-03-28 04:46:35 - The ongoing DDoS attack has adjusted tactics again. We are continuing to adapt and mitigate it.
  • 2015-03-28 10:00:47 - The ongoing DDoS attack has shifted again to include Pages and assets. We are updating our defenses to match.
  • 2015-03-28 16:18:15 - We are working to mitigate an ongoing and evolving large DDoS attack.
  • 2015-03-29 00:50:52 - Into hour 71 defending the attack. Mitigation is holding and service is stable.
  • 2015-03-29 06:34:37 - While the attack is ongoing, mitigation continues to hold and service is stable. We remain on high alert in case the attack evolves.
Posted Mar 27, 2015 - 14:45 UTC
This incident affected: Git Operations and Pages.