Bluesky Says DDoS Attack Disrupted Service; 313 Team Claims Responsibility
Summary
Bluesky says a DDoS attack beginning April 15 disrupted feeds, notifications, threads and search. The app stabilized after mitigation, and the company found no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. 313 Team claimed responsibility; Bluesky has not підт
Key points
- Bluesky said a DDoS attack began April 15 and disrupted feeds, notifications, threads and search.
- The company said engineers worked overnight to mitigate the attack and the app remained stable from April 16, despite ongoing DDoS attacks.
- Bluesky reported no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data.
- The Iran-linked 313 Team claimed responsibility in a Telegram post, but Bluesky has not confirmed the attribution.
- Bluesky did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Bluesky
- Incident Type
- Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
- Affected Records
- No evidence of unauthorized access to private user data; no affected record count was reported.
- Operational Impact
- Widespread outages disrupted feeds, notifications, threads, and search. Engineers mitigated the attack, and the application remained stable since April 16 despite ongoing DDoS attacks.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- Unknown
- Claim Status
- confirmed
MITRE ATT&CK
Threat Actors
Products
Countries
IranThe company reported no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data while an Iran-linked group calling itself 313 Team claimed responsibility, though Bluesky has not confirmed the attribution.IraqThe group is believed to operate out of Iraq and typically targets organizations or platforms associated with countries seen as supporting the United States or Israel.