Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service

"Mastodon began reporting issues early Monday morning as much of the Mastodon-operated server became inaccessible. Andy Piper described the incident as a 'major' attack."

"Countermeasures were implemented, and users should be able to access mastodon.social once again, although some ongoing instability is a possibility as the site recovered."

"Bluesky also dealt with a significant DDoS incident that took parts of the service offline for several hours, with the company stating there was 'no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data.'"

"Despite initial updates indicating stability, Bluesky experienced elevated errors and timeouts on some hosted services, leading to an investigation into the issues."

Mastodon experienced a significant DDoS attack that rendered its primary instance, mastodon.social, inaccessible. The platform's head of communications described the incident as major. Countermeasures were implemented, allowing users to access the site again, although some instability may persist. The attack's origin remains unclear. Additionally, Bluesky faced a DDoS incident recently, causing parts of its service to go offline. Despite initial stability reports, Bluesky encountered further issues, prompting an investigation into the ongoing problems.

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