除了GitHub网页被留言灌爆外,Notepad++本身的网站也因遭受DDoS攻击而断线数小时,后来经该网站的代管业者Cloudeflare阻挡后才重新上线。Don向德国之声表示,自从他将解放维吾尔的特别版放上线后,主网站来自中国的流量瞬间增长两倍,而该网站是在10月30日的中午12点半到下午一点半受到DDoS的攻击。
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Pro-Beijing GitHub users attackedNotepad++"s repo yesterday after they released a “Free Uyghur”edition of their open-source editor.
I took a screenshot of their Issues tab yesterday, it seemed like acombination of real users and a few bots