DeepSeek halts new signups amid "large-scale" cyberattack

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI service, temporarily disabled new registrations after an alleged large-scale cyberattack—reported as a DDoS against its API and web chat—while security researchers disclosed that the model can be jailbroken to generate malicious outputs (ransomware instructions, sensitive fabrication, and weaponization guidance), raising operational and safety concerns.