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Hacker Taunts Blizzard After Knocking Gamers Offline (csoonline.com)

Posted by msmash on from the another-day,-another-hack dept.

Reader itwbennett writes: A person nicknamed AppleJ4ck, who has been previously been linked to Lizard Squad, a group notorious for DDoS attacks against gaming platforms, including the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, has taken credit for server outages affecting gaming giant Blizzard (Alternate source: ZDNet) Monday morning. The outages led to authentication lockouts for gamers attempting to access Overwatch, Hearth Stone, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Stone, and others. During the outage, AppleJ4ck said Monday's problems were just a test, promising more outages in the future.

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  1. DDOS is lame by KlomDark · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Never had any respect for lamers who just do DDOSs. That's not hacking, it's just being annoying. Doesn't take any special skills.

    It's nothing like breaking through some code or router or something that actually proves that you are of elite intelligence.

    Breaking directly into Blizzard is one thing, but just snowing them under with myriad packets just isn't impressive.

    Find something else to do with your life.

  2. Re:Skin him alive on Twitch by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's funny how the DDOS of a gaming service is what it takes to get people upset here.

    Attack a bank? Obviously they should have paid more attention to security - it's really their own fault.

    Attack a politician? Well, they're evil anyway.

    Attack someone suspected of a crime, even though they haven't stood trial? Well, these things happen.

    Take down World of Warcraft? THIS SHALL NOT STAND!!

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    #DeleteChrome
  3. How about... by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Game makers stop with the fucking cloud required crap?

    Let me run my own damn server, and authentication so I can just play it? Stuff that in your bunghole.

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    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
    1. Re:How about... by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't think you understand what "MMO"s are.

      This isn't a case of people not being able to play single player games. Not even a case of people not being able to play something that could be reasonably hosted by individuals, such as Quake ][.

      Multiplayer games do have a huge audience for which much of the appeal lies in the service having huge numbers of other players. I don't play any of them anymore, but I can see how this could be a problem for a large number of people.

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      "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
  4. We never thought that anyone would... by Tyr07 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...figure out the ping command. Sending packets? Only a mastermind.

    It's like claiming you won a discussion by saying 'Nuh uhh' more times or a blunt object because you're too dumb to use words.

  5. Re:Skin him alive on Twitch by Eosi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DDOS and actual hacking are not the same thing. Therefore your message is wrong. No one cares if you DDOS Trump or Clinton, will not even make the news.....

  6. Re:Skin him alive on Twitch by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Comedy is when it happens to you.

    Tragedy is when it happens to me.

    Or something like that...

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    "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
  7. Re:Skin him alive on Twitch by KlomDark · · Score: 3, Insightful

    DDOSing a bank is no hack, it gives you no access to money. Not a security issue, it's a network redundancy issue.

    Not impressed with DDOS kiddies. It's like farting in church. Might drive a few people away.

    But if you want to impress me: Build your own god.