My Opera under attack

May 30, 2012 · by Espen André Øverdahl

We are currently experiencing an ongoing attack on My Opera (it's called a DoS attack) and we're working hard to resolve it. We are not sure why this is happening and we apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.

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Antonio ZaccariaWednesday, May 30, 2012 6:56:17 PM
May be because they haven't got anything to do or even better someone got scared about Opera's power.
Thu WinWednesday, May 30, 2012 7:04:28 PM
Do tell us when it's all clear or when you want us to attack back. You have the power of all the browsers and mobile phone
Charles SchlossWednesday, May 30, 2012 7:26:51 PM
s who say Ni

I know they have been doing for about 2 days, they also hit one time last week if I recall right

I noticed the desktop team blog was off most of yesterday
DanWednesday, May 30, 2012 8:08:49 PM
Maybe its a protest about the facebook buying opera rumours... ?
nycWednesday, May 30, 2012 8:27:01 PM
Originally posted by dannys1992:

Maybe its a protest about the facebook buying opera rumours... ?

my first thought.... damn!
BugfixerWednesday, May 30, 2012 8:28:45 PM
Originally posted by dannys1992:

Maybe its a protest about the facebook buying opera rumours... ?

Yes i think that's it. It happens since the news of "Facebook will buy Opera".
KnightCharonWednesday, May 30, 2012 8:46:00 PM

What a horrible lowly thing is attacking MyOpera Universe ??

If you need any Help! In tracking down them! Or plucking each bit slowly out!

I with my little OperaMini and all are at your Service!

¡¡¡Long Live MyOpera Universe !!!
eva marcusWednesday, May 30, 2012 9:16:22 PM
will it give my pc a virus
CarolWednesday, May 30, 2012 10:33:40 PM
my.opera seems faster now. Really really slow last week
TamilWednesday, May 30, 2012 10:51:06 PM
Originally posted by dannys1992:

Maybe its a protest about the facebook buying opera rumours... ?
Nope.
Antonio ZaccariaWednesday, May 30, 2012 10:58:39 PM
It should be a great tning after all or no?
praetor87Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:02:53 PM
Not affected, but i heard about some errors.
CoyoteeWednesday, May 30, 2012 11:19:45 PM
This is a job for
Guy FlemingWednesday, May 30, 2012 11:44:33 PM
Originally posted by Coyotee:

This is a job for
no, we are so awesome, we are chuck norris endorsed!
logytechThursday, May 31, 2012 1:11:54 AM
may this could be http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/2012/05/24/opera-about-to-get-hacked-in-russia

the russian hacker DoS.Attack on my.opera?
Yeni SetiawanThursday, May 31, 2012 4:14:36 AM
It's Thursday, you guys should call Thor the god for helps!

Good luck guys, DDOS is really a tough attack
David KinlayThursday, May 31, 2012 8:49:06 AM
Will we ever have any information about the attack, like detail. Are Opera going to comment on Facebook rumor?
Guy FlemingThursday, May 31, 2012 1:45:40 PM
Originally posted by Daverogk:

Will we ever have any information about the attack, like detail. Are Opera going to comment on Facebook rumor?

can't comment on rumors, they can't be validated yet.
alekksanderThursday, May 31, 2012 1:47:33 PM
when info from PHD? perhaps it's related ::
Veronica A ZapataThursday, May 31, 2012 2:08:58 PM
when i report nudity why doesnt the pics from other opera users removed??
Guy FlemingThursday, May 31, 2012 2:16:40 PM
Originally posted by Veronica1969:

when i report nudity why doesnt the pics from other opera users removed??

wrong place to put this. To answer this though, the number of moderators who view such reports are well numbered in one, and the amount of pic to go through are not easy. That and the view of such can be considered art. So just follow up in two weeks.
Phillip Robert O'ConnerThursday, May 31, 2012 3:24:26 PM
Why,Doesn't How 2 Be US We Good People We Have done Nothing Wrong.
Antonio ZaccariaThursday, May 31, 2012 3:25:26 PM
ciao Veronica. Good to see you here.
Witold BarylukSaturday, June 2, 2012 11:00:42 AM
Are problems solved? I still get 502 Bad gateway errors, and have multiple problems with site. Shouldn't this be 503 or 504 anyway? It more looks like server issues, than DoS attack.
ReginaSaturday, June 2, 2012 2:59:23 PM
Originally posted by movax:

Are problems solved?

my Opera had the 502 gateway errord too, but since two days is seems to be OK.
Shankar Narayanan SGSSaturday, June 2, 2012 8:26:09 PM
DOS attack. Would have been a DDOS for the errors user specify in long terms Happy load balancing..
Guy FlemingSunday, June 3, 2012 3:54:30 PM
Originally posted by sgsshankar:

DOS attack. Would have been a DDOS for the errors user specify in long terms Happy load balancing..

actually Dr. Launch disproved it was DOS.
BOYOTETuesday, June 5, 2012 9:08:08 AM
Faithbook gives me the creeps.
George BlackTuesday, June 5, 2012 12:19:58 PM
I hope they will all go to prison for such attacs! So was it ddos or not?
theoddbodTuesday, June 5, 2012 7:48:59 PM
More info here
sleepless-nightsTuesday, June 5, 2012 9:51:52 PM
As of June 5th, My Opera seems to be back in working order (well at least from my end...)
Agung DkidWednesday, June 6, 2012 9:23:08 AM
Russian hacker
Opera,please fix system your internet security
Yakhoub MbodouWednesday, June 6, 2012 2:06:34 PM
i thank opera‏ ‏for it help over the world.
opera is the power and faster.i like opera.
Guy FlemingThursday, June 7, 2012 9:30:19 PM
Originally posted by agungfalaka:

Opera,please fix system your internet security

it's fine.
d4rkn1ghtFriday, June 8, 2012 3:17:36 AM
Originally posted by Virusboy:

it's fine.

Still getting 503 errors with Tags in blogs.
Agung DkidFriday, June 8, 2012 1:11:07 PM
Originally posted by d4rkn1ght:

Originally posted by Virusboy:
it's fine.

Still getting 503 errors with http://my.opera.com/d4rkn1ght/blog/index.dml/tag/opera]Tags[/URL] in blogs.
that's right
LainieSunday, June 10, 2012 12:50:50 AM
Does this have anything to do with having to log back into my email continuously?

It started within the last two days.
Guy FlemingSunday, June 10, 2012 8:10:40 PM
Originally posted by d4rkn1ght:

Still getting 503 errors with Tags in blogs

could be worse, be happy you're in the smartest community of computer geeks
Gavin Tripp-SheedyWednesday, June 13, 2012 3:11:24 PM
I wonder if it could be related to this; http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/vecebot/

As stated in the article, it has been previously used to assault one, specific blog on My Opera.
graceestoutThursday, June 14, 2012 12:11:18 AM
Originally posted by wikipedian:

Do tell us when it's all clear or when you want us to attack back. You have the power of all the browsers and mobile phone
graceestoutThursday, June 14, 2012 12:12:27 AM
Originally posted by Virusboy:

Originally posted by d4rkn1ght:
Still getting 503 errors with Tags in blogs

could be worse, be happy you're in the smartest community of computer geeks

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Originally posted by d4rkn1ght:
Still getting 503 errors with Tags in blogs

could be worse, be happy you're in the smartest community of computer geeks
Guy FlemingThursday, June 14, 2012 3:55:09 PM
Originally posted by garlingmatthews:

As stated in the article, it has been previously used to assault one, specific blog on My Opera.

No, the trojan stated is not responsible. Our servers are based in Norway. Plus the site stated that most of the attacks are in Vietnam.
Guy FlemingThursday, June 14, 2012 10:46:46 PM
Originally posted by sihanif:

Oh My God who dares to do this?

A fool
graceestoutFriday, June 15, 2012 2:34:29 AM
guy fleming that is funny
Originally posted by Virusboy:

Originally posted by sihanif:
Oh My God who dares to do this?

A fool
Daniel BandaWednesday, June 27, 2012 3:37:30 PM
My beloved My Opera. What the hell is happening to My Beloved My Opera? Long live My Opera.
WeatherlawyerThursday, June 28, 2012 4:19:52 AM
The browser is impossibly slow these days.

Are we using something thast is actually causing the problem?

How do I check for bugs? (I'm using Linux.)
jkp1Friday, June 29, 2012 9:40:05 AM
All my photos not assessable !
Not possible to upload photos !
Whats going on ? Related ?
OurDogs ForumsFriday, June 29, 2012 1:59:12 PM
PHOTOS ARE NOT accessible!!
Are you still under attack?
WeatherlawyerFriday, June 29, 2012 6:42:15 PM
It's nice to find all our questioned are answered.

Unfortunately this is not the case here.
Perhaps no news is the usual news of Opera News but why bother putting a comments box on the back of it?

In fact, why not just let us guess that Opera is under attack and save us the bother of reading the bloody obvious?
Guy FlemingSaturday, June 30, 2012 1:04:29 PM
Unfortunately Opera might still be under attack, I am surprised that the Servers have been still this functional. It's been a while, maybe you should bow to hardware network geniuses, for weather server to take this much. However they are combating the problem, it's not easy taking on bots.