Mastodon: Flagship server mastodon.social hit by DDoS attack

Friends, a tech update: mastodon.social experienced a DDoS attack, rendering part of the service unavailable.

What happened: Mastodon’s team reported an investigation in the morning (≈07:00 ET). Mitigations were deployed by 09:05 ET, restoring access, though instability may persist — the attack is ongoing.

Context: a similar incident affected Bluesky days earlier.

Technically: DDoS does not exfiltrate data but can deny service; in decentralized networks, large instances suffer more, while smaller ones often remain reachable.

Recommendations: monitor status, maintain spare instances and a recovery plan.

Why it matters: architectural resilience is critical for user availability.

How are you preparing your infrastructure for such attacks?

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