OpenAI Confirms DDoS Attack Causes Ongoing ChatGPT Outages
OpenAI reveals that a distributed denial-of-service attack is responsible for the periodic outages disrupting ChatGPT and its developer API. The hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan claims responsibility for the malicious traffic flood.
OpenAI confirms that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack causes ongoing periodic outages for ChatGPT and its developer API. Over the past day, users encounter error messages stating the service is at capacity, preventing them from logging in or accessing the AI chatbot.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman initially attributes the disruptions to overwhelming user interest in new features unveiled at the company's first developer conference. However, OpenAI updates its incident report to clarify that abnormal traffic patterns reflective of a DDoS attack drive the continued service instability.
The hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan takes credit for the attack in Telegram messages, though OpenAI provides no further official comment on the claim. Meanwhile, competing AI company Anthropic also experiences capacity constraints with its Claude chatbot, though it remains unclear if the two incidents are connected.