Bluesky Social Platform Experiences 24-Hour DDoS Attack Causing Service Interruptions
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Summary
Bluesky, a social media platform, has been experiencing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for nearly 24 hours, causing intermittent service interruptions for users. The attack began around 2:40 AM ET and has affected feeds, notifications, threads, and search functionality. Bluesky states there is no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data and promises to provide another update by 1 PM ET on Friday.
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Users have been experiencing 'intermittent interruptions in service for their feeds, notifications, threads and search,' Bluesky says.
The company first got a report of 'intermittent app outages' at around 2:40AM ET this morning.
Bluesky says it has not seen 'any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data' due to the attack.
It will share an another update no later than 1PM ET on Friday.
As a result, users have been experiencing “intermittent interruptions in service for their feeds, notifications, threads and search,” Bluesky says. The company first got a report of “intermittent app outages” at around 2:40AM ET this morning.
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