OpenAI's ChatGPT Outage: DDoS Attacks and Russian Hackers Revealed

OpenAI has confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is responsible for the ongoing outages affecting its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, and developer tools. Initially, OpenAI attributed the outages to high interest in the platform's new features, but later updated its incident report to state that the outages are due to an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack. The company has not provided further details about the attack, and hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility. OpenAI competitor Anthropic also experienced issues with its chatbot, Claude, but it is unclear if the incidents are linked.