Blizzard, PlayStation Network, and more under wide DDoS attack

[Bravofiveone]

Blizzard, PlayStation Network, and more under wide DDoS attack
By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 24, 2014 2:42am PDT

Several gaming servers have been at the receiving end of DDoS attacks over the past several hours. Blizzard's Battle.net servers, Riot's League of Legends, Grinding Gear Games' Path of Exile, and PlayStation Network are among those under attack by a group of hackers calling themselves Lizard Squad.

Several tweets have gone up throughout Saturday evening, in which Lizard Squad has taken responsibility for the attacks. The group started with Blizzard's servers that include Hearthstone, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft and others. The group quickly spread to League of Legends and Path of Exile before deciding to spread their terror to PlayStation Network. The latter's outage is not related to the scheduled maintenance set to begin Monday morning.

The situation is ongoing, as the various staffs work hard to get the servers active again.


"That wizard came from the moon."

[MsVixonite]

Oh the joys!


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[NwG_SnakeEyes]

Wonder how with all the money these companies make they are all so vulnerable to attacks

[Bravofiveone]

DDoS Stacheldraht attack diagram.
In computing, a denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users.

Although the means to carry out, the motives for, and targets of a DoS attack vary, it generally consists of efforts to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet.

As clarification, distributed denial-of-service attacks are sent by two or more persons, or bots, and denial-of-service attacks are sent by one person or system. As of 2014, the frequency of recognized DDoS attacks had reached an average rate of 28 per hour.[1]


"That wizard came from the moon."

[MARDIGRA21]

It was down for an hour at least . I was unable to sign on the ps store and. An hour later it was back up and now I believe it's scheduled maintenance time.

[NwG_SnakeEyes]

These clowns really want to go to prison I guess...

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/24/bomb-threat-forces-flight-of-sony-online-president-to-reroute.aspx?utm_content=bufferf7a3b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[comanche_warior]

Xbox for the win!

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[MARDIGRA21]

I hate fanboys lol

[Brian]

I hate fanboys lol

Agreed, except the movie, I thought it was funny.

[Typhoon_Justin]

Play station 4 = xbone = pc > wii ... There I fixed it

[MARDIGRA21]

Then you won't be able to enjoy the new Mario kart and super smash bros. Every console has it's pros an cons. I rather have the option of all exclusives.

[NwG_SnakeEyes]

Then you won't be able to enjoy the new Mario kart and super smash bros. Every console has it's pros an cons. I rather have the option of all exclusives.

As one of the biggest Xbox fanboys and previous PS haters out there I couldn't agree with you more. The PS4 purchase was one of the best things I bought all year. The Last of Us Remastered is one of the greatest games I have ever played and I'm having a blast playing on both consoles

[Thunder720]

I can count on one hand the number of xbox's i repaired in Iraq 2003.
I can't count the number of ps2's i repaired. not even using all my hands toes and my dangly.
I'd need to borrow someone else for me to count that high. i kept a repair log (mostly cause i was charging) of who / system / problem.
It left a bad taste in my mouth to have to repair so many play stations and it made me not want to spend money on them.
Not a hater specifically. Considered buying a ps4 for my now ex-g/f for a birthday / xmas present. She loved Final Fantasy games.

[MARDIGRA21]

As one of the biggest Xbox fanboys and previous PS haters out there I couldn't agree with you more. The PS4 purchase was one of the best things I bought all year. The Last of Us Remastered is one of the greatest games I have ever played and I'm having a blast playing on both consoles

Told you bro! That game is amazing and everyone should experience it.

[Ragingclue]

I love how guys who DDoS think they're hackers.

[Brian]

Yeah, I thought hacking was about getting into not locking everyone out?

[GhostOverride]

Play station 4 = xbone = pc > wii ... There I fixed it

Lmao! I noticed it wasn't even the Wii U


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[Shadowdawn]

Lmao! I noticed it wasn't even the Wii U


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I noticed that as well lol

[Bravofiveone]

http://www.shacknews.com/article/86059/report-lizard-squad-group-behind-various-ddos-attacks-caught-and-apprehended


"That wizard came from the moon."