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Blizzard Experiencing Another DDoS Attack - Login Issues & Server Instability
Diablo IV
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2023/06/26 at 11:09 PM
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This weekend, Blizzard reported that its servers had been under DDoS attack. These attacks lead to several hours of unscheduled server downtime for all Battle.net games. It appears that servers are being disrupted yet again due to another DDoS attack.
When no patch notes followed today's lengthy
scheduled maintenance
, players assumed that Blizzard might be strengthening their servers against these kinds of attacks. However, it appears that if that were the case, the attackers were undeterred. There is another scheduled maintenance for World of Warcraft and Diablo 4 tomorrow morning, so time will tell if Blizzard is able to mitigate the impact of these attacks.
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Comment by
glowpipe
on 2023-06-27T08:56:29-05:00
Yawn. A CPU core is pinned on a server and they can't track it down, better call it a DDoS. They've used this excuse in the past and they'll use it again in the future. How do investors feel about this multibillion dollar company not being able to mitigate something like this?
and what evidence do you have that this is just an excuse and not whats actually happening?
Coming with a claim like this you better be able to back it up
Comment by
Stormxraven
on 2023-06-27T11:59:39-05:00
Suspicious how blizzard are the only gaming company still successfully getting DDOS'd in 2023. It is so painfully obvious they are using this as an excuse because they refuse to admit they don't invest in server infrastructure. Either buy more hardware for the player peaks or make a arrangement with a third party server company to handle traffic at peak times just stop lying to the player base constantly this is getting pathetic.
More likely that theyre a big well know company and the people causing the ddos want to do the most damage they cant and be as big apin as possible. Which given Diablo recent release makes their servers a tempting target for certain arseholes
Comment by
Tingjahe
on 2023-06-27T12:31:07-05:00
people DDOS attacks still common thing to these day and age.
Comment by
Anise
on 2023-06-27T14:17:47-05:00
At this point I'm doubtful its a DDOS attack and just their servers either can't handle the traffic or are randomly going down, it's just been far too frequent at this point. Given I would think they would have implemented proper counter measures if these attacks are so frequent, if not then its just pure incompetence at this point otherwise.
Counter measures, against a DDoS, yeah sure, let's block thousands of IP addresses, oh crap, even that won't fix it since the request handler is now busy dropping packages from blocked IPs.
Sure they just could add more servers, but even that won't prevent those issues from happening and just upscale to reduce the impact of DDoS attacks is silly.
Once youy have those ip addresses of the computers flooding requests, then you add them to hardware filters that police traffic. It is simnply a matter of getting the ip addresses and then adding more network filtering hardware.
Even bot controlled, virus infected, computers cant change their IP addresses on a whim since that draws attention. They dont like attention. They want to use your computer without you knowing it. When your IP address changes all of a sudden on a static IP that tends to make people think.
That a billion dollar compnay does not have the hardware in place for these kinds of attacks is quite another matter altogether. They are the ones saying this is a DDOS so they should have the hardware to filter this out. Do they have the hardware to do it? Sure.
This whole things reeks to high heaven and smells of something other than a DDOS. Corps telling porkies to cover their asses would not be a first.
Comment by
snivels
on 2023-06-29T04:19:12-05:00
Yawn. A CPU core is pinned on a server and they can't track it down, better call it a DDoS. They've used this excuse in the past and they'll use it again in the future. How do investors feel about this multibillion dollar company not being able to mitigate something like this?
They actually don't care because people are still giving them money, unfortunately.
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