Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
Bluesky, a social networking site, announced on Monday that its recent 24-hour disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The site confirmed the incident in a post, stating that the attack had taken place over the previous day. "We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation," Bluesky said in the post, without providing further details. Bluesky did not immediately respond to requests for comment from TechCrunch regarding the attack.
DDoS attacks involve overwhelming a website or server with large volumes of junk traffic, aiming to overload its resources and render it inaccessible. These attacks often utilize numerous hijacked internet-connected devices, such as those in a residential proxy network or a botnet, to harness their unused internet bandwidth and flood web servers.
Security researchers from the IFIN public forum report that Iran-backed attackers claimed responsibility for the attack. Iran has intensified its assaults on U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure following the commencement of the U.S.-Israel-led war this year. This marks the latest significant DDoS attack to affect Bluesky in recent months. In April, the site experienced a series of prolonged outages due to a similar flood of web traffic. It remains unclear whether these attacks are connected.
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