It is a fact that hackers carry out DDoS attacks especially during the holiday season but due to Coronavirus or COVID-19; companies are encouraging their employees to work from home. And while at home, there is no way one can stay away from gaming.
Blizzard DDoS attack:
Therefore, to ruin your stay at home hackers have hit gaming giant Blizzard with a massive DDoS attack causing worldwide service disruption earlier today.
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The DDoS attack was carried out on March 18th around 2:20 AM (GMT) when Blizzard customers took the issue to Twitter. On the other hand, the Customer Support handle for Blizzard on Twitter also confirmed suffering DDoS attacks. In a tweet, BlizzardCS acknowledged that,
“We are currently monitoring a DDOS attack against network providers which is affecting latency/connections to our games.”
The company further explained that it is “currently investigating an issue affecting our authentication servers, which may result in failed or slow login attempts.”
We are currently monitoring a DDOS attack against network providers which is affecting latency/connections to our games.
— Blizzard CS – The Americas (@BlizzardCS) March 18, 2020
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