DDoS Attack Confirmed

[ReplicaX]

Most likely some butthurt hardcore elitist doing it due to nerfs to second coil.

Why even bother with name calling?

There are groups out there just like Derp that just feel like randomly targeting all types of game servers for attention, nothing more.

FFXIV is a popular current MMO period and that alone makes it a target.

[Limecat]

That's not how you fix DDoS attacks. Not at all.

Ah, but what if they're being DDoSed because someone has gone bonkers dealing with the normal lag/Level3 problems, and they're hoping to goad SE into opening its wallet and getting better equipment/internets? *grouchomarxeyebrowwiggle*

[Tiggy]

What if's like that serve no purpose other than to make assumptions from assumptions. The fact remains upgrading hardware is not how you fix a ddos. Nor does the level 3 problem reflect on squares hardware.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Considering that WoW was just hit by a DDoS last Thursday, I would put money on it being the same group just shifting targets.

[Snugglebutt]

Why even bother with name calling?

There are groups out there just like Derp that just feel like randomly targeting all types of game servers for attention, nothing more.

FFXIV is a popular current MMO period and that alone makes it a target.

Timing of the attack is a major factor. Yes attacks can happen anytime but when the attacks happen right after a reasonably large change to one aspect of the game which is closely tied to people well known for having extremely large egos and elitist attitudes it weighs the chance of it being related to that group or more specifically someone within it at a much higher probability.

[Fyce]

WoW was just attacked during WoD launch.
On the Age of Wulin FB page, they also announced being under attack (it's owned by Webzen, which also publish Flyff, Rappelz, Sevencore, etc.)

It would not be surprising if other services got DDoS attacked too. It's probably not a coincidence.
I would go with what Ultimatecalibur just said.

Considering that WoW was just hit by a DDoS last Thursday, I would put money on it being the same group just shifting targets.

[Snugglebutt]

Considering that WoW was just hit by a DDoS last Thursday, I would put money on it being the same group just shifting targets.

I don't think so. The DDoS on their servers was probably from someone lashing out due to the many problems their severs had when expansion came out. Someone butthurt probably due to not being able to play while they fixed the issues. This DDoS is (due to the timing) probably someone else who is butthurt over the changes to coil which just happened. I doubt it is a group or one person doing it to both...which is not to say such a scenario is impossible but highly unlikely in my opinion. DDoS canons and other such tools are rented out to individuals so does not require having to be some group with a grand agenda or political agenda by another nations citizens to be the cause of it. Such groups are rare, what is not rare is individuals renting these canons to target servers of companies whom did something they do not like.

[Limecat]

What if's like that serve no purpose other than to make assumptions from assumptions. The fact remains upgrading hardware is not how you fix a ddos. Nor does the level 3 problem reflect on squares hardware.

But what if the DDoS is an inside job done as an allegory for casting Level3 Reflect on SE's hardware, to try and conceal its potentially insufficient capabilities?

[Shougun]

There are some ways to defend against DDOS attacks, they're all pretty flimsy band aid like fixes or very costly and still not 100% effective lol. When the attack is large enough at least, you can absolutely defend against smaller attacks and even out buy their attack power - lol sounds like a game, someone should make DDoS the game XD.

Unless there is some serious vendetta by these attackers it would just make sense to have some minor aids (that won't be super effective) and wait it out.

[LalaRu]

Time to track down the source of every computer from the packets coming in, and sue its owner. People needs to learn to keep his PC safe, without make it a botnet client thanks to the last cracked expensive software he installed for the lulz to use it for free.