Malicious attack causing stability of site

Incident Report for FutureLearn

Resolved

This incident has now been resolved.
Posted Jan 28, 2021 - 07:38 UTC

Monitoring

The steps taken appear to have helped. We are monitoring the situation.
Posted Jan 28, 2021 - 07:32 UTC

Identified

At 06:47 (UTC) we were alerted to a huge amount of traffic being flooded to the site. This appears to be malicious traffic sent in an extremely high volume. We have taken steps to protect against the stability of the site.
Posted Jan 28, 2021 - 07:25 UTC
This incident affected: www.futurelearn.com.