Bluesky Hit by DDoS Attack: Iran-Backed Group Suspected

The social networking platform Bluesky experienced a significant day-long disruption recently, which it has confirmed was due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This type of cyberattack aims to overwhelm a website's servers with excessive junk traffic, leading to an outage.

Security researchers analyzing the incident indicate that attackers linked to Iran have claimed responsibility. This alleged involvement comes amid increased cyber activity from Iran targeting U.S. businesses and infrastructure. Bluesky has stated that it has since reinforced its security measures in response to the attack and continues to monitor for further threats.

This marks the latest large-scale cyber incident to affect the social network in recent months, following similar outages in April. It remains unclear if these repeated attacks are connected or part of a coordinated campaign.