Archive of Our Own

Escalation confirmed: the Organization for Transformative Works announced on Oct 30 that AO3 was taken offline after detecting a security incident (first reported as maintenance on Oct 29). OTW says no works, bookmarks or kudos have been deleted, but it cannot yet rule out access to the user database (usernames, emails, IP addresses, hashed passwords); donor data is held separately and unaffected. Expected downtime is now 2 to 4 weeks, with a possible degraded or read-only return sooner. Site still returns HTTP 418 (request denied) on all checks as of Nov 1. Sources: OTW statement via TechCrunch (Oct 29-30), Express Tribune (Oct 30).

Service automated checks verified full recovery. All endpoints operational.