Bluesky confirmed that its recent day-long outage was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack flooding the platform with junk traffic. Iran-backed attackers have claimed responsibility, marking the second major DDoS incident since April. Bluesky stated it has upgraded its defenses and continues monitoring the situation.
Background
Bluesky is a decentralized social networking platform founded on the AT Protocol, having grown significantly after users migrated from Twitter/X. Nation-state-backed DDoS attacks against U.S. platforms have increased amid geopolitical tensions involving Iran.
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10