BLUESKY was disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service attack described as sophisticated, causing intermittent outages across its platform. The DDoS attack appears to have begun late on 15 April (Pacific Time) and continued into 16 April, lasting roughly 24 hours. Bluesky said there was no evidence of unauthorized access to private user data, while the group behind the claims remains unverified in its attribution.
A hacker collective called 313 Team, also known as Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq, took credit for the disruption, according to 313 Team, but their claims have not been independently verified. Bluesky said it managed to mitigate the attack and prevent extended service outages despite the assault continuing. The article notes that such groups may be personas used by state actors, and their claims can be exaggerated or false.