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Cyberattack Shuts Down Internet Fan Fiction Library

Summary by Taipei Times
One of the world’s most popular fan fiction libraries has been dark for over a week after a cyberattack forced it offline, leaving millions of fans without access to their favorite stories.Since Oct. 29, anyone trying to reach Archive of Our Own — known to devotees as AO3 — has been met with a messa

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For more than a week, millions of fan fiction fans have been searching for their favourite stories in vain.

·Montreal, Canada
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The victim of a cyberattack, Archive of Our Own, one of the largest libraries of its kind in the world, had to close its virtual doors on 29 October. Those who try to connect to the platform, whom its faithful nicknamed AO3, have since fallen on a simple message of "maintenance", and the wait begins to weigh. "I see only that on my networks. People are in need," tells AFP Johanna Sarriot, author and co-founder of Love Love Books, a bookshop in L…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwak Min-seo = One of the world's most popular fan fiction sites has been inaccessible for over a week due to a cyber attack...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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GMA Filipino News broke the news in Quezon City, Philippines (the) on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
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