Archive of Our Own stays offline after a security incident
The fanfiction archive was still offline on 12 November after a security incident; its operator said restoration was going well and its original two-to-four-week estimate stood.
- Service
- Archive of Our Own
- Date
- 30 October 2026
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- ongoing
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Yahoo News ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Archive of Our Own stays offline after a security incident”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 30 Oct 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-10-30-archive-of-our-own-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Yahoo News, https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ao3-still-down-heres-know-175149233.html.
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