I updated my ban-cidr script and added a bunch of Alibaba, Aliyun, Ace and Aceville… And load is back below 2. My feeling is that they'll try again in a few hours, with their bots distributed to new virtual machines in new networks. Until I have them all banned, I guess?

Blog updated (scroll to the bottom):
https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2024-09-15-emacs-china

Script updated:
https://alexschroeder.ch/admin/ban-cidr

Look at the beginning of the script for instructions.