AI crawler attack in progress on .online server: 98% of #Anubis challenges rejected (therefore bots), over 800,000 requests in the week. From
The .online Mastodon instance is experiencing a significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, primarily targeting its AI challenge verification system. Over 800,000 requests were made in a week, with 98% of Anubis challenges being rejected, indicating a massive influx of bot traffic. This attack is impacting the instance's performance and availability. AI
IMPACT AI bots are being used to overload a Mastodon instance, disrupting service and highlighting potential vulnerabilities in bot detection mechanisms.