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https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today.

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  • nag4wikaN nag4wika

    @osm_tech cc telecomix

    nag4wikaN This user is from outside of this forum
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    nag4wika
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    @osm_tech cc @LaQuadrature

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    • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

      https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

      geotuxG This user is from outside of this forum
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      geotux
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      #4

      @osm_tech thanks for the good work

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      • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

        https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

        ISibboII This user is from outside of this forum
        ISibboII This user is from outside of this forum
        ISibboI
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        #5

        @osm_tech the scrapers don't know that you can torrent the whole OSM for free, without ddosing the webservice

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        • ISibboII ISibboI

          @osm_tech the scrapers don't know that you can torrent the whole OSM for free, without ddosing the webservice

          OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO This user is from outside of this forum
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          OpenStreetMap Ops Team
          wrote last edited by
          #6

          @ISibboI Correct. Not an ounce of brain. It has been going on for months, but it is just getting worse. Waste of their resources/time and ours.

          Petri SalmelaP Jonas :debian: :norway_fb:J Not meN 3 Replies Last reply
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          • ISibboII ISibboI

            @osm_tech the scrapers don't know that you can torrent the whole OSM for free, without ddosing the webservice

            Barry RowlingsonG This user is from outside of this forum
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            Barry Rowlingson
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            #7

            @ISibboI @osm_tech Is there a torrent for the tiles? Or just the world file? Are they scraping tiles?

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            • Barry RowlingsonG Barry Rowlingson

              @ISibboI @osm_tech Is there a torrent for the tiles? Or just the world file? Are they scraping tiles?

              OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO This user is from outside of this forum
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              OpenStreetMap Ops Team
              wrote last edited by
              #8

              @geospacedman @ISibboI They are scraping the website pages: /ways/, /nodes/ and /relations/. All this data is published on planet.osm.org already.

              Barry RowlingsonG ideogramI 2 Replies Last reply
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              • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                @geospacedman @ISibboI They are scraping the website pages: /ways/, /nodes/ and /relations/. All this data is published on planet.osm.org already.

                Barry RowlingsonG This user is from outside of this forum
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                Barry Rowlingson
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                @osm_tech @ISibboI Oh that's so much worse than I'd imagined.

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                • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                  https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                  RudiRastlosR This user is from outside of this forum
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                  RudiRastlos
                  wrote last edited by
                  #10

                  @osm_tech 🫣 thank you for your work!

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                  • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                    https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                    JustinJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                    Justin
                    wrote last edited by
                    #11

                    @osm_tech
                    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-botnet-sshstalker-uses-old-school-irc-for-c2-comms/

                    Wonder if related.

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                    • JustinJ Justin

                      @osm_tech
                      https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-botnet-sshstalker-uses-old-school-irc-for-c2-comms/

                      Wonder if related.

                      OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO This user is from outside of this forum
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                      OpenStreetMap Ops Team
                      wrote last edited by
                      #12

                      @justin No. Background: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/ and https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network

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                      • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                        https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                        Maya LandsmanM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Maya Landsman
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                        #13

                        Oof, sorry you are dealing with that load. Beyond blocklists, caching tiles plus aggressive rate limits per ASN, and serving 429s with Retry-After can help. For bulk use, requiring API keys for heavy endpoints can also cut abuse. Thanks for keeping OSM running.

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                        • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                          https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                          Joan-to-Debt Ratio 😷C This user is from outside of this forum
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                          Joan-to-Debt Ratio 😷
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                          #14

                          @osm_tech Ugh, I am so sorry to hear this, and thank you to everyone working on this project.

                          Such a nightmare, and so completely pointless. 🀬

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                          • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                            @ISibboI Correct. Not an ounce of brain. It has been going on for months, but it is just getting worse. Waste of their resources/time and ours.

                            Petri SalmelaP This user is from outside of this forum
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                            Petri Salmela
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                            @ISibboI @osm_tech I think, that spreading it on 100 000+ IP addresses tells they know they are doing shady thing.

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                            • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                              https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                              George E. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ™₯πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈG This user is from outside of this forum
                              George E. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ™₯πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈG This user is from outside of this forum
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                              wrote last edited by
                              #16

                              @osm_tech@en.osm.town
                              Time to deploy Anubis in front of all the URLs that the scrapers are hitting.

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                              • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                                https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                                Tom ChadwinT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Tom Chadwin
                                wrote last edited by
                                #17

                                @osm_tech Good luck, and thank you as always.

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                                • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                                  https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today. We're working to keep the site online while facing extreme load from anonymous scrapers spread across 100,000+ IP addresses. Please be patient while we mitigate and protect the service. #OpenStreetMap #DDoS #Scrapers #AI

                                  Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470D This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470
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                                  @osm_tech wonder if it is collateral damage or intended, to get rid of alternative sources of information?
                                  Anyway, zip-bomb the hell out of them.

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                                  • Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470D Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470

                                    @osm_tech wonder if it is collateral damage or intended, to get rid of alternative sources of information?
                                    Anyway, zip-bomb the hell out of them.

                                    OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    OpenStreetMap Ops Team
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #19

                                    @Don_Clemente Just dumb scrapers. They want our data, so maybe we /should/ redirect them to the latest full history planet file, it is only 245GB πŸ˜‰

                                    Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470D IvΓ‘n SΓ‘nchez OrtegaI 2 Replies Last reply
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                                    • George E. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ™₯πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈG George E. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ™₯πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

                                      @osm_tech@en.osm.town
                                      Time to deploy Anubis in front of all the URLs that the scrapers are hitting.

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                                      OpenStreetMap Ops Team
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                                      @gme Anubis is great, but not ideal for us. We have reasonable technical mitigations in place, but it is unfortunately an arms race (and time/resource blackhole)

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                                      • OpenStreetMap Ops TeamO OpenStreetMap Ops Team

                                        @Don_Clemente Just dumb scrapers. They want our data, so maybe we /should/ redirect them to the latest full history planet file, it is only 245GB πŸ˜‰

                                        Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470D This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        Don Clemente πŸ”œ39C3 ☎️2470
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                                        #21

                                        @osm_tech yes, but that's heavy on your resources and bandwidth. A zip file of 10GB Zeros is much more resource-efficient on your side πŸ˜‰

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                                        • Petri SalmelaP Petri Salmela

                                          @ISibboI @osm_tech I think, that spreading it on 100 000+ IP addresses tells they know they are doing shady thing.

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                                          Gerard Thornley
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                                          @pesasa @ISibboI @osm_tech It's a pattern I've seen others relate to the building of AI datasets.

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