<a href="https://github.com/greatfire" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/greatfire</a> and <a href="https://github.com/cn-nytimes" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cn-nytimes</a> have both returned to normal as well.
I'm also unable to access the two repos that were apparently the target of the PRC's ire: <a href="https://github.com/cn-nytimes" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cn-nytimes</a> and <a href="https://github.com/greatfire" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/greatfire</a><p>Is this simply a temporary precautionary measure because of the initial JS DDOS, or has GitHub permanently taken those two repos down?<p>If it's the latter, then I'm really disappointed and it would seem the PRC was able to get what it wanted.
Does anybody have any wider context regarding this attack? Is it the first time a massive DDoS like that was mitigated, with just minor disruptions to the victim?