Major gaming platforms hit by disruptions: unprecedented DDoS suspected
cybernews.com
Steam, Riot, and other major platforms are experiencing widespread service disruptions, likely due to massive DDoS attacks linked to the Aisuru botnet.
  • blave@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
    711·
    9 months ago

    You know, I find it quite annoying that hackers will choose a target like Steam rather than a force that’s actually evil in this world. Like, put your skills to good use at least…

  • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    9 months ago

    I played a few DoTA games with friends while this was occurring and twice during gameplay approximately 10 seconds of play experienced some server-side lag for everyone in the game - there were moments of confusion that rapidly passed. Steam ops team did well.

    Truly a tremendous impact and a fantastic use of the attackers time and resources.

    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      My game last night was more like a couple minutes of lag. Luckily, Dota has an in-built system to detect it, so the game wasn’t recorded and those of us who didn’t leave spent the remainder of the game messing around.

  • MwaEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    Is it the same people ddosing the aur

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Oh, that might have been me. Installed Cachy the other day and tried out a lot of packages just to see what works. Sorry about that.

      • MwaEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Could be, but it happened before this a day ago (as of writing this)

    • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      9 months ago

      Imagine being so much of a turbovirgin that you have to ddos arch virgins.

      (I use Arch btw)