- Deepseek says that he suffers from a great cyber attack
- The attack has prevented new users from registering
- It is rumored that a DDOS attack is the cause of interruption.
Deepseek has had to temporarily pause new records to its generative chatbot due to “large -scale malicious attacks” against the platform.
The open source model was recently launched to the public, causing waves throughout the technology industry, sending US markets.
The relatively new platform has triggered the number one in the US App Store. UU., Replacing Chatgpt as the most popular free application, and it is rumored that has cost as little as $ 5.6 million to develop.
There are no new users
Apparently, this growth has resulted in unwanted attention, and Deepseek has not shared any detail about the attack, but due to the systems that the attack is affecting, it is possibly a distributed attack of denial of service (ddos) against the API and The web chat of the Services platform.
The Deepseek status page simply establishes: “Due to large -scale malicious attacks against Depseek services, we are temporarily limiting records to guarantee a continuous service. Existing users can log in as usual. Thanks for your understanding and support. “
While the registration of new users is not currently available, the service can still be accessed with a Google account, with a user's email, language preference and profile image that is shared with Depseek in return .
Despite the numerous sanctions promulgated by the Biden administration aimed at depriving China of the last semiconductors, the initial evidence suggests that the Deepseek model exceeds its US counterparts despite being developed by a cost fraction.
Being launched as an open source means that the model is free to download and use by other AI developers, significantly interrupting the AI market in the USA. And causing large sales of shares in US technology companies. It remains to be seen if the United States will face this new competition in the Armedary race with innovation or increased sanctions.
Through CNBC
