Mastodon's flagship mastodon.social instance was hit by a DDoS attack on Monday, briefly rendering the service inaccessible until the platform implemented countermeasures by 9:05 a.m. ET. The attack follows similar DDoS incidents against Bluesky, suggesting a pattern of targeting decentralized social networks.
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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
Decentralized social networks Mastodon and Bluesky face a pattern of DDoS attacks, signaling coordinated targeting of distributed platforms vulnerable to infrastructure disruption.
Monday, April 20, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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