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Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown (www.theregister.com)
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[–] IanTwenty@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago

...[the group] has claimed responsibility for similar DDoS attacks on the likes of eBay's Japan and US divisions, as well as BlueSky in just the past month alone.

Why the group is targeting London-based Canonical remains unclear and no reason was given via its Telegram channel. It is presumably because Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros.