DeepSeek forced to pause new signups following large scale cyberttack

Date:
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:23:00 +0000

Description:
DeepSeek says it is suffering a "large scale" cyberattack, with the platform unable to process new user registrations.

FULL STORY ======================================================================DeepSeek
says it is suffering from a huge cyberattack The attack has prevented new users from registering A DDoS attack is rumored to be the cause of the outage

DeepSeek has had to temporarily pause new signups to its generative AI
chatbot due to large-scale malicious attacks against the platform.

The open source model was recently released to the public, causing ripples across the technology industry, sending US markets into freefall.

The relatively new platform has shot to number one on the US app store, replacing ChatGPT as the most popular free app , and has been rumored to have cost as little as $5.6 million to develop. No new users

This growth has apparently resulted in some unwanted attention, and DeepSeek has not shared any details about the attack, but due to the systems the
attack is affecting, it is possibly a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the platforms API and Web Chat services.

The DeepSeek status page simply states, Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, we are temporarily limiting registrations to ensure continued service. Existing users can log in as usual. Thanks for your understanding and support.

While registering for new users is currently unavailable the service can
still be accessed by signing in with a Google account, with a user's email, language preference and profile picture being shared with DeepSeek in return.

Despite numerous sanctions enacted by the Biden administration aimed at depriving China of the latest semiconductors, initial tests suggest that the DeepSeek model outperforms its US counterparts despite being developed for a fraction of the cost.

Being released as open source means that the model is free to download and
use by other AI developers, significantly disrupting the AI market in the US and causing huge sell-offs of shares in US tech companies. Whether the US
will face this new-found competition in the AI arms race with innovation or increased sanctions remains to be seen.

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