Tether (USDT) Under DDoS Attack: What You Need to Know

Popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) was targeted by a significant Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It’s been confirmed that the website tether.io suffered a DDOS attack over the weekend, June 18th. Tether’s CTO, Paolo Ardoino, confirmed the leading cryptocurrency, Tether, has come under a DDOS attack. He took to Twitter to share the news stating that Tether, issuing the stablecoin USDT, was hit.

Massive DDoS Attack Targeted Tether.io

The website of Tether suffered a massive DDoS attack last June 18. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino confirmed that the official website suffered from a DDoS attack over the weekend, adding that the malicious actors have sent a ransom request. El pasado domingo se confirmó un ataque al sitio web de Tether; el propio CTO dio la noticia e informó que era un “ataque masivo DDoS”.

Details of the Tether DDoS Attack

The Tether CTO, Paolo Ardoino, has confirmed that the Tether website, tether.io, is currently suffering a DDOS attack. This Saturday, June 18, the number of requests for the website increased significantly. According to Ardoino, the malicious actors behind the DDoS attack against Tether have sent a ransom request. The number of requests for the website increased from [normal levels] during the attack.

What We Know About the Tether DDoS Attack

Here's what we know about the recent DDoS attack on Tether. The Tether website (tether.io) experienced a surge in traffic designed to overwhelm its servers. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino confirmed that the official website suffered from a DDoS attack over the weekend. Ardoino took to Twitter to share the news. We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available regarding the Tether (USDT) DDoS attack.