Security researchers aren't buying Musk's spin on the cyberattack that took down X

One day after X went down for hours, security researchers are throwing cold water on Elon Musk’s public comments about who might be behind the DDoS attack. On Monday, as X was still struggling to re [...]

Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service

Mastodon seems to be recovering after a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that took down its primary mastodon.social instance. As TechCrunch notes, the platform began reporting issues early [...]

ChatGPT Group Chats are here... but not for everyone (yet)

It was originally found in leaked code and publicized by AI influencers on X, but OpenAI has made it official: ChatGPT now offers Group Chats, allowing multiple users to join the same, single ChatGPT [...]

Cloudflare blocks another largest recorded DDoS attack - this time, peaking at 11.5 Tbps

Just a few months after the last one, Cloudflare blocks another record-breaker, peaking at 11.5 Tbps and 5.1 Bpps. [...]

Pro-Russian hacker group claims responsibility for DDoS attack on French postal service

A pro-Russian hacker group has come forward as the perpetrator of a DDoS attack on the French national postal service La Poste that took place on December 22, according to Reuters. The distributed den [...]

How to add someone to a Signal group chat

We hear Signal is in the news. As longtime fans of the app, and secure messaging more broadly, we feel like it's our duty at Engadget to ensure you know how to use the software properly.   < [...]

Hacking group NoName057(16) remains the most prolific DDoS player as automation, AI, and rogue LLMs make Tbps attacks a common occurrence

NetScout reports eight million DDoS attacks in 2025 so far, with NoName057(16) dominating, AI automation escalating risks, and infrastructure destabilized globally. [...]

Bluesky blames DDoS attack for server outages

Bluesky is once again having a wobble. The platform said some of its systems are down and that it’s “investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos” (that’s Bluesky’s typo, not [...]

US and friends disrupt world's largest DDoS botnet responsible for record 31.4 Tbps global attacks

US law enforcement, with help from partners in Canada and Germany, disrupted four of the largest DDoS botnets. [...]