Video game maker Ubisoft gas filed a lawsuit against the alleged operators of a DDoS-for-hire website, claiming they are “well aware of the harm” the service has caused for the company.
As Polygon reports, the publisher of such popular games as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege has been targeted by distributed-denial-of-service attacks that “create lag in multiplayer matches and can crash servers.”
The SNG.ONE website named in the lawsuit sells a service which allows anyone to anonymously “test [their] services against (D)DoS attacks.”
A disclaimer on the website reminds users that the DDoS-for-hire service (sometimes known as a “booter” or “stresser” service) should only be used against customers’ own sites, to see how well they would withstand a criminal attack.
“By using this website, you agree that you only use it for your own servers/services”
However, in its lawsuit Ubisoft claims that SNG.ONE staff are prepared to facilitate their clients’ requests to launch DDoS attacks against the servers of video games such as Rainbow Six: Siege (R6S):
Optionally, purchasers also may pay to have members of the SNG.ONE “team”(i.e., Defendants or one of their agents or employees) “set up” their computer (such as by configuring the customer’s computer with the proper IP addresses and settings), so that they may immediately use the DDoS Service to attack the R6S Servers. Once the customer’s computer is properly configured, the purchaser may launch a DDoS Attack on the R6S Server at-will, subject only to the limitations of the licen ..
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