Bitfinex experienced a major incident on December 12, 2017, lasting 12h 3m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- investigating Dec 12, 2017, 03:00 PM UTC
We are currently under heavy DDOS. API is also down. We are working on further mitigation.
- identified Dec 12, 2017, 04:06 PM UTC
Some services returning online with reduced performance. Continuing work to mitigate the attack.
- identified Dec 12, 2017, 10:17 PM UTC
Progress is being made to mitigate the denial of service attack. One component of the denial of service attack is to create hundreds of thousands of new accounts, causing stress on the infrastructure. For that reason, please note that new user signups have been temporarily disabled to help defend against the attackers and improve platform service for existing customers.
- resolved Dec 13, 2017, 03:03 AM UTC
Platform stabilizing. The team will continue to monitor the situation closely.