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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

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Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack | TechCrunch

The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

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This actually ended up not being an external DDOS. They shipped some code that ended up hammering their servers.
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  Old and busted: Mastodon DDoSes the non-Mastodon Fediverse due to design decisions.
  
  New hotness: Mastodon DDoSes itself due to design decisions.

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