Twitter Alternatives Hit by Coordinated Outages

Mastodon and Bluesky, competing platforms built to replace Twitter, experienced coordinated cyberattacks this week that knocked out feeds, notifications, and search. No user data was stolen. Analysis: These parallel attacks expose a real problem as these newer platforms grow. Mastodon relies on thousands of independent servers that can each be targeted separately. Bluesky, though more centralized, lacks the security defenses that established platforms built over decades. The pattern suggests attackers are deliberately testing whether decentralized platforms can defend themselves at scale.