Bluesky Confirms DDoS Attack Behind Recent Outage, Its Second In Four Months
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Bluesky has confirmed that a DDoS attack caused its roughly 24-hour outage across August 16 and 17, 2026, leaving users in several countries struggling to access feeds, notifications and threads. An Iran-linked group known as Islamic Cyber Resistance or the Iraq-313 Team has claimed responsibility, although Bluesky has not confirmed who was behind the attack. The company says it has strengthened i
