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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is down due to a DDoS attack

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is down due to a DDoS attack

Archive of Our Own (AO3), a leading archive for fan-made works, went down Monday following a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. A03 officials did not give a timeline for restoring the site’s service, but said system administrators were working on “countermeasures” as of Monday afternoon. A DDoS attack occurs when a malicious actor floods a website ...

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DDoS attack ruins Diablo 4 players’ weekend

DDoS attack ruins Diablo 4 players’ weekend

If you’ve tried playing Diablo 4 on a weekend, you’re probably well aware that it’s impossible most of the time. I know I did, and definitely can’t log in. I know I did, what I initially thought was a problem on my side turned out to be a problem on Blizzard’s side. More specifically, the ...

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Blizzard was the target of a powerful DDOS attack

Blizzard was the target of a powerful DDOS attack

You may be interested: If yesterday you had problems connecting to Blizzard servers through various means, it wasn’t you. The Battle.net service suffered a DDOS attack that caused various annoyances and crashes that even prevented users fromSome users might enter the platform to get into titles like World of Warcraft or Overwatch 2. Battle.Net has ...

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Overwatch 2: Difficult start: DDoS attacks as the cause

Overwatch 2: Difficult start: DDoS attacks as the cause

The sequel Overwatch 2 officially launched yesterday, but that launch was anything but smooth for Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard’s online action game sequel Overwatch 2 was released on Tuesday after years of development – at least the PvP component. However, the servers went straight to their knees, and that wasn’t just due to the onslaught of ...

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Connection problems after a DDoS attack

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra announces that two DDoS attacks have taken place against Blizzard surveillance 2 last night. This leads to premature disconnections and the inability to join a game. A DDos attack is a deliberate way to crash servers. The “hackers” send a large number of artificial connections at once, which overloads the servers ...

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there was a DDOS attack on Blizzard servers

there was a DDOS attack on Blizzard servers

As we had recently announced, it was supposed to Overwatch 2 was going to be released in the afternoon of October 4 in Colombia. However, it was not like that, so thousands of people were waiting to play. Blizzard has already communicated the reason why Overwatch 2 does not work: a DDOS attack. In the ...