Wow! Their status page shows it as well. https://status.canonical.com/ Wild!
Going to be a long day for a lot of people!
When there are updates they can be found here:
Ah , this explains why I could not reach launchpad.net to file a bug 
Why the hell do people this shit?
I’ve found the following related “PC Mag” article, published / edited today (1st May 2026) about this incident:
- "Pro-Iran Hackers Hit Ubuntu’s Canonical With DDoS, Float Extortion Demand | PCMag "
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pro-iran-hackers-hit-ubuntus-canonical-with-ddos-float-extortion-demand
From that article:
" (…) The hacking group, 313 Team, also claims it was behind DDoS attacks against eBay and Bluesky. (…)
(…) The attack appears to have shut down access to Canonical’s main site and the Ubuntu.com domain, though PCMag was able to load some related pages. A pro-Iranian hacking group, the Islamic Cyber ​​Resistance in Iraq, also known as the 313 Team, has claimed responsibility for the DDoS assault, which began on Thursday.(…)
“The attack on all Ubuntu servers remains ongoing,” the group wrote on the chat app Telegram, while issuing an extortion demand. “As a reminder, our communication channels remain open for Ubuntu to contact us so that we may agree on a ceasefire.” X appears to have suspended the group’s account since then.
Team 313 also claims to be using a relatively new DDoS-for-hire service called Beamed to target as many as 14 Ubuntu-related domains. (…)"
Because they can. Some people (or groups of) just suck.
Probably someone trying to steal from Canonical and hide the theft amongst the volume of crap from the attack.
The issues with launchpad are still ongoing.
For such a major incident I was hoping Canonical would put out a formal post-incident writeup.
Kind of like what Cloudflare always does: Post Mortem
On the surface, it seems things are back up, but there still seems to be some aftermath issues. My CI pipeline that uploads to a PPA, failed today with:
Checking signature on .changes
Checking signature on .dsc
Uploading to ppa (via ftp to ppa.launchpad.net):
Uploading polychromatic_0.9.7-2~gb03a0f0~26.04.dsc: 550 Requested action not taken: internal server error
Note: This error might indicate a problem with your passive_ftp setting.
Please consult dput.cf(5) for details on this configuration option.
Uploads to 24.04 worked, just not 26.04 - it was OK yesterday though.
Same with discourse.ubuntu.com not working at times. status.canonical.com be telling pork pies.