[everdrive]

Almost certainly a target of opportunity. The UK has really made a point of staying out of this fight, but is also seen as a close ally of the US. Perhaps the calculus is:

- Iran was able to attack Ubuntu.com

- Iran sees it in its interests to stress the UK / US relationship (albeit in a small way)

[ifwinterco]

UK has been trying to thread the needle of staying out of what is obviously a complete cluster** of a war while also not annoying the US too much, but US bombers are taking off from air force bases in the UK to bomb Iran all the time.

Because of that and the general ingrained hostility of the permanent UK security state to Iran, they view us as a legitimate target albeit not a particularly important one because we’re just not that powerful anymore

[PearlRiver]

Yeah when Americans talk about how bad a deal NATO is they always conveniently forget the military bases. Most of their wars tend to involve Ramstein for example.

[ifwinterco]

Yep, also in my experience for some reason British people have a hard time understanding why this might be considered hostile from the people being bombed from our soil.

Even when given the example of roles reversed and asked how they would feel about France or Ireland if Russia had air bases in those countries they were using to bomb London, people just can’t see the issue.

In a sense we’re still under American occupation 80 years later, not just physically but more importantly in our minds

[geerlingguy]

Why would Ubuntu problems cause stress in the US/UK relationship?

[spwa4]

Perhaps it's just that Iran believes it's only chance for victory is maximum public attention, and they don't have any real hacker know-how. So they pick a soft but well known target.

It's what they do to students inside Iran.

[CamouflagedKiwi]

I suppose the idea was that Canonical is a UK-based company and they're being threatened by the US's enemy.

Having said that, I really can't believe that either Trump or Starmer will give a shit about this, especially given the recent friction in that relationship.