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AO3 offline after security breach as clone sites emerge

Original: Archive of Our Own (AO3) is offline due to security breach; clones have appeared

Archive of Our Own, the major nonprofit fanfiction repository, has been taken offline following a security breach. The Organisation for Transformative Works has not detailed the nature of the attack or a timeline for restoration. Meanwhile, clone sites imitating AO3 have appeared online, raising concerns about phishing and data theft. Readers and writers are being cautioned to avoid unofficial mirrors until the archive returns.

Why now: The archive's outage leaves millions of fanfiction users unable to access their works, and the emergence of clone sites raises urgent safety concerns

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