DDoS Attack Takes Wikipedia Offline
Return To ArticleA major cyberattack took down Wikipedia in several markets over the weekend, the company has confirmed.
The popular reference site said it had suffered a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that took down its sites across part of Europe and the Middle East.
The attack meant users in the UK, as well as France, Germany and Italy were among thoser affected, with the outage monitoring service Downdetector reporting that Wikipedia was offline for several hours before being restored.
