<story><title>Arxiv.org is experiencing a DDoS attack</title><url>https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/09/11/arxiv-org-is-experiencing-a-ddos-attack/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>elashri</author><text>&amp;gt; We will shortly be reaching out to the abuse desk of the affected ISP for assistance.&lt;p&gt;Does anyone here have experience working with an ISP in abuse cases like this one, specially a Chinese ISP?</text></comment>
<story><title>Arxiv.org is experiencing a DDoS attack</title><url>https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/09/11/arxiv-org-is-experiencing-a-ddos-attack/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paulpauper</author><text>&lt;i&gt;These requests originated from over 200 IP addresses – almost all owned by an ISP for a particular province in China. The confirmation emails for this volume of requests overwhelmed our email service. As a result, many arXiv users may not have received their daily emails. And other users may not have received their confirmation emails for registering accounts, or legitimate email change requests.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;this should be easy to block, no? just 200 out of millions</text></comment>