OpenAI Services Hit by DDoS Attack Causing Widespread ChatGPT Outage
OpenAI confirms that a distributed denial-of-service attack causes a major outage for both ChatGPT and its developer API. The company quickly mitigates the abnormal traffic patterns to restore service.
OpenAI experiences a major outage affecting both ChatGPT and its developer API due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The company identifies the issue as an abnormal traffic pattern designed to overwhelm its servers with malicious requests. Unknown hacker groups claim credit for the attack on Telegram, though OpenAI continues to investigate the exact source.
The artificial intelligence company detects the problem early in the morning and quickly works to implement fixes to mitigate the traffic surge. OpenAI successfully resolves the issue and restores normal operations within a couple of hours. Throughout the event, the official status page provides updates to users and developers relying on the popular AI tools.
This incident marks the second significant downtime for ChatGPT this year, following a March outage caused by a web cache security flaw. In response to that previous vulnerability, which exposed some user billing information, OpenAI establishes a bug bounty program offering up to $20,000 for discovering security issues. The company continues to strengthen its defenses as its platforms face growing scrutiny and malicious targeting.