Atomicals Market has released a statement acknowledging that it is currently undergoing a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.

Users that encounter a "blocked" message on the website are to note that the team is actively addressing the issue.

The platform anticipates a prompt recovery once traffic normalises.

A DDoS attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic, overwhelms the target with a flood of Internet traffic, utilising multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic.

Following Security Breach

In November, the platform experienced a loss of 33,000 ATOM tokens due to an insecure signing method, specifically SIGHASH_NONE | ANYONECANPAY.

This vulnerability manifested on November 14th and 23rd, revealing serious lapses in the platform's security protocols.

In response to the incident, Atomicals representative shep.eth conveyed a detailed letter to the community, focusing on the security breaches at Atomicals' trading markets.

While the community had extensively discussed and the Atomicals protocol team clarified the attack details, shep.eth emphasised response and resolution efforts.

Representing affected users and the community, theyengaged in discussions with the AM team to elucidate incident causes and explore potential compensation for those who suffered losses.