"Major ChatGPT Outage Caused by DDoS Attack"

OpenAI has confirmed that ChatGPT and its API experienced a major outage on Wednesday due to what appeared to be a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.  The organization reported seeing problems with its LLM-based chatbot and API on November 7.  The disruptions were initially described as partial outages, but a major outage was reported on November 8.  In an update shared late on Wednesday, OpenAI revealed that the outages were caused by “an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack.” The hacker group Anonymous Sudan has taken credit for the ChatGPT outage on its Telegram channel.  The hackers claim to have targeted OpenAI for several reasons, including for being an American organization, as well as for its alleged cooperation with Israel and its anti-Palestine stance.  In reality, the group does not appear to have any ties to Sudan and instead seems to be linked to Russian hackers, including the notorious KillNet group.  ChatGPT appears to be working now.

SecurityWeek reports: "Major ChatGPT Outage Caused by DDoS Attack"