AlphaVPS experienced a minor incident on June 29, 2026 affecting Network Infrastructure in Sofia and Network Infrastructure in Nuremberg and 1 more component, lasting 9d 9h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Jun 29, 2026, 06:42 PM UTC
We are currently experiencing a large-scale DDoS attack targeting portions of our network infrastructure. This attack is causing intermittent connectivity issues and increased latency for some customers. Our network engineering team is actively working to deploy additional permanent mitigation measures to fully address this attack and further strengthen the resilience of our infrastructure. Temporary mitigation is already in place, and we continue to monitor and adapt our defenses as the attack evolves. We sincerely apologize for any disruption this may cause and appreciate your patience while we work toward a complete and permanent resolution. Further updates will be provided as progress is made.
- identified Jun 29, 2026, 07:39 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- identified Jun 29, 2026, 08:01 PM UTC
We've applied mitigation in Nuremberg. Sofia is pending and should be applied shortly. As we're dealing with an extortion/ransom DDoS attacks, we're unable to share more details publically.
- identified Jun 29, 2026, 09:22 PM UTC
While the malicious attackers are constantly changing the attack patterns, we're applying mitigation and the majority of our customers are back online. We're engaging local law enforcement in the situation as well. Further information to follow.
- monitoring Jun 30, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
We've implemented mitigation across all of our locations and traffic has returned to normal. There might be variances in ICMP, but we trust that the issue is getting resolved in full.
- monitoring Jun 30, 2026, 07:30 AM UTC
We're continuing to monitor the situation and apply mitigation adjustments. All services across all locations are online and are considered stable currently.
- monitoring Jun 30, 2026, 07:36 AM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- monitoring Jun 30, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC
We're monitoring the situation and tuning mitigation profile across locations to ensure seamless work of the mitigation appliances with minimal interruptions.
- resolved Jul 09, 2026, 03:44 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.