Chinese AI startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyberattack, prompting the company to restrict user registrations and manage website outages as demand for its AI assistant soared.
According to the company’s status page, DeepSeek has been investigating the issue since late evening Beijing time on Monday.
“Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services, registration may be busy. Please wait and try again. Registered users can log in normally,” the company said on the site by Tuesday morning.
The outages were the company’s longest in nearly three months and coincided with the AI assistant becoming the top-rated free app on Apple’s US App Store.
DeepSeek’s rise to prominence comes after the January 10 launch of its AI assistant, powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators claim rivals the most advanced closed-source models globally.
The startup’s offering has drawn significant attention due to its efficiency, requiring less data and costing a fraction of the investment needed for competing AI solutions.
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