The recent DDoS attack on FFXIV servers.

[MetalSnakeXI1]

Basically all of them at this point. JP, NA and EU data centers are being hit. I don't like what's going on, but I do admire the tenacity of who's behind it.

(If you're reading this, please stop. Think of the server hamsters!)

Yikes that's really bad.

Like.....who's benefiting from doing this attack?

"Oh hey look I stopped people from playing a video game....yay me".....

[HyoMinPark]

Cactuar was affected. Pretty much all of Aether and Primal went down about an hour ago.

Yikes that's really bad.

Like.....who's benefiting from doing this attack?

"Oh hey look I stopped people from playing a video game....yay me".....

They probably aren’t DDoSing the SE’s servers directly, but rather the ISPs that route us to SE’s servers. Think of it as, they haven’t blocked entry to the building (SE’s servers), they’ve just blocked entry on the road leading to the building (the ISPs).

[Nestama]

Like.....who's benefiting from doing this attack?

I don't think they care, though they'd likely give you a nonsense reason. Possibly similar to whatever that group is called did with the PSN servers a few years back on Christmas ("we did it so that Sony would work on strengthening their servers to prevent DDoS" or some stupid nonsense like that).

It's really just to be a pain in the neck and maybe make customers angry at SE. S'how I see it, anyway.

[Nyvara]

Yikes that's really bad.

Like.....who's benefiting from doing this attack?

"Oh hey look I stopped people from playing a video game....yay me".....

While I'm no expert I believe DDOS attacks can also be used to gain access to servers in order to steal information. Like what happened to Sony some years back.


Welcome to the new normal

Yeah most of these groups answers are total bs in that they do it so companies improve their servers. It is more in the lines of I am going to screw over all those gamers just so i can fill my needs of making people upset.
A special place exists for these people..

A sub division in the eighth circle of hell reserved for script kitties and hackers where there is never any wifi.

[Maero]

A sub division in the eighth circle of hell reserved for script kitties and hackers where there is never any wifi.

Exactly this ^