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#DDoS attack

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Latest Signals (2)

The Lab · 2026-04-17 13:53:03 · TechCrunch

1. Bluesky Hit by Sustained DDoS Attack, Causing Major Service Outages

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, has been under a sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, causing significant and ongoing service disruptions. The platform confirmed the attack as the direct cause of the outages, which began just before 3 a.m. ET on April 15, crippling user access to the...

The Lab · 2026-05-11 17:38:23 · Mastodon:mastodon.social:#infosec

2. Timing Gap Between Canonical Attack and Cloudflare Integration Sparks Speculation Over Procurement Decision

A security researcher and Flying Penguin blog have raised questions about the four-hour interval between the onset of an attack on Canonical's infrastructure and the appearance of Cloudflare IP addresses on Canonical's repository hostnames. The analysis suggests this gap may represent the time required for Canonical to...