Wikipedia sites in Europe, Middle East were hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack over the weekend. Access to all of the sites affected by the DDoS attack had been restored by Monday morning. A hacker called UkDrillas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was only a “test” for an IoT-driven DDoS botnet attack. Wikipedia remains one of the world’s most popular websites, ranking in the Top 10, according to an analysis by Amazon Alexa.com.”]
Source: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/wikipedia-investigates-ddos-attack-a-13049