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Bluesky Under Siege: DDoS Attack Disrupts Service
17 Apr
Summary
- Bluesky experienced disruptions to feeds and notifications.
- The platform confirmed a sophisticated DDoS attack was underway.
- No evidence of unauthorized access to private user data was found.
Bluesky has been experiencing substantial service interruptions, initially described as an incident in one of its regions, starting on April 16, 2026. The platform confirmed that it was combating a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack that intensified throughout the day, causing widespread issues for users.
These disruptions affected critical features including user feeds, notifications, threads, and search capabilities. Despite the severity of the attack, Bluesky stated on April 16, 2026, that it had not found any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. The social media service had also encountered a brief outage earlier in the month.
The company provided an update that the ongoing outage, characterized by intermittent interruptions, was expected to be resolved with further information promised by 1 PM ET on April 17, 2026.
