Bluesky reveals recent outage was caused by major DDoS attack
Iranian state-backed threat actors claim responsibility, but Bluesky did not confirm it.
Bluesky has confirmed a 24-hour outage that occurred on August 17, 2026, was caused by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The company attributes the attack to the Iran-backed threat actor, the Iraq-313 Team. Researchers from IFIN public forum identified the attackers and linked the attack to the use of DiamWall-based DDoS-for-hire infrastructure.
The company has since upgraded its defenses and continues to monitor the situation, though it has not disclosed the number of users affected or the origin of the malicious traffic.
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