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Major Outage Hits Fanfiction Site AO3, Users Fear Extended Downtime

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Major Outage Hits Fanfiction Site AO3, Users Fear Extended Downtime

‘Wake Up Call:’ Fanfiction Writers and Readers React to AO3 Outage

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‘Wake Up Call:’ Fanfiction Writers and Readers React to AO3 Outage

In the wake of fanfiction repository Archive of Our Own (AO3) announcing a weeks-long security incident outage, readers and writers are reflecting on why the site is important to the fanfiction...

The New York Times

Hack Could Leave AO3, a Popular Fan Fiction Site, Offline for Weeks

AO3, which hosts 18 million stories spun off from the likes of "Harry Potter" and "Heated Rivalry," was taken offline after "an intrusion," one of its founders said.

Fan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover

Engadget

Fan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover

The site's data is reportedly intact, but the cause of the outage is still unknown.

Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks'

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Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks'

Archive of Our Own (AO3), a massive repository for fanfiction and creative writing, might be down for as long as a month after going down for "maintenance" on Thursday.The Organization for...

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