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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/i2p@lemmy.world

The I2P network is currently experiencing an attack by unknown actor(s). Tens of thousands of malicious routers have been introduced to the network that are not actually routing any traffic. This is causing:

  • Extremely low tunnel build success rates
  • Overall network congestion
  • Degraded performance for legitimate users

The I2P development team is aware of this situation and actively investigating mitigations.

We will post updates to this thread as the situation develops. Thank you for your patience.

Update: 2/4/2026 11AM CST - Fixes are being tested now.

Update: 2/4/2026 7pm EST - Some changes were implemented in a new build to help combat the issue. Right now I only have the binaries for apple silicon.

IRC is semi alive, if you update your IRC config to use irc.echelon.i2p:6667 you should be able to connect.

https://files.i2p.net/I2P-2.10.0-5.dmg

2.10.0-5 i2pupdate.zip

https://files.i2p.net/i2pupdate-2.10.0-5.zip

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[-] dcatoffm@mastodon.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@CAVOK

I find the timing of this suspicious. I'm concerned the Samantha Guthrie case is going to be used as an excuse to launch an all-out attack on all darkweb users. The flooding going on right now could be an attempt by the feds to slow down the network and trace certain communication origins, or otherwise "map" the network.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think there's about to be a hard push to make using i2p, maybe tor, anonymous remailers, and some other anonymizing tools a criminal offense.

this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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