"The DDoS attack started on April 20 at around 1 PM, and by 4 PM mitigations were rolled out and the site became accessible."
"An update shared on April 21 at 11 AM showed that the attack stopped and operations had returned to normal."
"A threat actor called 313 Team, which claims to be a pro-Iran hacktivist group, took responsibility for the attack, but their claims have not been verified."
"Both Mastodon and Bluesky surged in popularity following Elon Musk's acquisition of X, positioning themselves as decentralized refuges from top-down control."
Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform, faced a major DDoS attack on its flagship server, Mastodon.social, starting on April 20. The attack led to significant outages, but mitigations were implemented by 4 PM, restoring access. By April 21, operations returned to normal. The attack was claimed by a group called 313 Team, although this has not been verified. This incident followed a similar attack on Bluesky, highlighting vulnerabilities in decentralized platforms that gained popularity after Elon Musk's acquisition of X.
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