Bluesky hit by near–daylong DDoS, users report intermittent outages

What happened

It has been reported that Bluesky has been dealing with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that has disrupted its app for nearly a full day. Users have experienced intermittent interruptions to feeds, notifications, threads and search. The company reportedly first received a notice of “intermittent app outages” at around 2:40 AM ET — and the disruptions have dragged on since. Frustrating? Absolutely. Annoying? You bet.

Bluesky's response

Bluesky says it has found no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data, and it is working to restore full service. It has been reported that the team plans to share another status update no later than 1 PM ET on Friday. Short, clear, and a little tense: the message so far is containment first, answers second.

Why it matters

Social networks are only as useful as their uptime. When a platform that promises an alternative social experience stutters, users feel it immediately — lost threads, missed notifications, frayed patience. Who’s behind the attack, and whether this will accelerate conversations about infrastructure investment and anti-DDoS tooling in small social platforms, remains to be seen. For now, Bluesky’s engineers are the ones in the hot seat, trying to patch holes while the rest of us wait for feeds to refresh.

Sources: theverge.com, Hacker News