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<p>Dear GreenNet community, </p>
<p>Many of you have experienced problems connecting to GreenNet
email and websites during the last few days. On Thursday 1st
August there was a massive distributed denial of service ("DDoS")
attack on one of our web servers which denied all access to most
GreenNet services, as well as affecting the systems of our
networking provider and other networks throughout the UK and
beyond. Our networking provider responded that day by completely
cutting off connectivity to all our servers. We have worked over
the past days to investigate the attack and demand that
connectivity to our systems be reinstated by our suppliers. </p>
<p>There was a period of partial service from Sunday onwards. At
1030 this morning, Wednesday 7th August, network connections from
our servers to all remaining parts of the internet were
reinstated, so GreenNet systems should once again be fully
operational. We will now focus on investigating the attack itself
in order to try to determine its origins as well as its exact
target. The attack targeted an individual server where we hosted
dozens of websites. Thus, we continue to investigate the attack in
order try to determine which specific site the attack intended to
knock offline, as well as taking advice on possible legal
recourse. We are still very busy, but technically services have
returned to normal. We are also reviewing our contingency plans to
protect civil society activists from digital threats, and have
increased redundancy in our systems and researched other
suppliers. </p>
<p>We will keep you all informed as and when we are able to share
further information. We apologise for the disruption this has
caused to your work. Thank you for your patience over the last few
days, and as always we are grateful for your custom and support.
If you notice any residual problems, do get in contact with us. We
will continue to post updates on our <a
href="http://www.gn.apc.org">web page</a> and <a
href="https://twitter.com/GreenNetISP">Twitter feed</a>. </p>
<p>Many thanks, </p>
<p>The GreenNet collective </p>
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