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=== DDoS attack ===

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On March 26, 2015, GitHub was the target of a [[distributed denial-of-service]] (DDoS) attack originating from China. It targeted two anti-censorship projects: GreatFire and cn-nytimes, the latter including instructions on how to access the Chinese version of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Anthony|first1=Sebastian|title=GitHub battles "largest DDoS" in site's history, targeted at anti-censorship tools|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/github-battles-largest-ddos-in-sites-history-targeted-at-anti-censorship-tools/|website=ars technica|date=March 30, 2015|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102052158/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/github-battles-largest-ddos-in-sites-history-targeted-at-anti-censorship-tools/|archive-date=2 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> GitHub blocked China-based IP addresses from visiting these repositories. If a visitor comes from China, the page would show "Repository unavailable because of the Chinese Internet Blacklist". Based on GitHub, they are doing this becauseso "that our users in that jurisdiction may continue to have access to GitHub to collaborate and build software." <ref>{{cite web |url= https://qz.com/718465/chinas-fierce-censors-try-a-new-tactic-with-github-asking-nicely/ |title= China's fierce censors try a new tactic with GitHub—asking nicely |last= Horwitz |first= Josh |date= June 28, 2016 |website= Quartz |access-date= 25 December 2020 }}</ref> They are now having a gov-takedowns repository to record all the government requirements they could show. <ref>{{cite web |url= https://github.com/github/gov-takedowns |title= gov-takedowns |last= hubot |publisher= GitHub |access-date= 25 December 2020 }}</ref>

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