ME News reports that on April 19 (UTC+8), community users noted they were unable to access the Uniswap governance page (gov.uniswap.org). After contacting Uniswap officially, they were informed that a large-scale automated access campaign, reaching DDoS attack levels, was launched against the page from certain Tencent Cloud infrastructure IP ranges. As a result, Uniswap has blocked these IP ranges to safeguard the page’s stability. VPN users relying on nodes within the same IP ranges will be affected as well; switching to other regions or non-Tencent Cloud nodes is recommended to restore normal access. The identity and motive of the attackers remain unknown. (Source: Foresight News)
Uniswap Blocks Tencent Cloud IP Ranges, Affecting Some VPN Users
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On April 19 (UTC+8), Uniswap confirmed it had blocked specific Tencent Cloud IP ranges due to high-frequency automated access on its governance page. The action was taken after traffic spiked to DDoS attack levels, according to on-chain news from MetaEra. Users accessing through the same IP ranges via VPN may experience connectivity issues and are advised to switch to other regions or non-Tencent Cloud nodes. The identity and motive of the attackers remain unknown. Crypto news outlets are closely monitoring the incident.
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