BLUESKY STRUCK BY ANOTHER DDOS ATTACK

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TUE, AUG 18, 2026

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Bluesky has attributed its latest outage to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. This marks another major incident for the social network this year.

The attack represents the latest in a series of DDoS incidents targeting the Jack Dorsey-backed platform in 2024. DDoS attacks overwhelm servers by flooding them with traffic from multiple sources, rendering services inaccessible to legitimate users. Bluesky has not disclosed specific details about the attack's duration, scope, or the timing of when service was fully restored. The platform has faced increasing scrutiny as it grows in user base, particularly following changes to content moderation policies at competing platforms. The company has previously attributed outages to infrastructure challenges as it scales. With each major incident, questions about Bluesky's infrastructure resilience and security measures continue to surface among its user base.

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