Mastodon was hit by a 'major' DDoS attack that briefly took down parts of the service
Engadget | 21.04.2026 03:48
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 Monday morning as much of the Mastodon-operated server became inaccessible.