{
  "id": 17778541,
  "title": "Fan fiction site AO3 says it could take two to four weeks to restore service after a security incident; AO3 hosts 18M+ works and has 11M+ registered users (Bruce Gil/Gizmodo)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/fan-fiction-site-ao3-says-it-could-take-two-to-four-weeks-to-restore",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T09:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://gizmodo.com/popular-fan-fiction-site-ao3-could-be-offline-for-a-month-following-security-incident-2000833091"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“Black October” comes for the fan fic. — The popular fan fiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) went offline Thursday, and its millions of users are freaking out.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}