who is causing the ddos attacks???

[Kotemon]

Some guy claimed to be doing it to raise awareness to autism or something but was found to be false. I personally believe its the Chinese in an wide spread attempt to see if they can shut down E-commerce and communications in mass. Or simply training their next gen hackers by trolling one segment at a time. Or its gil sellers taking revenge for the bot/account bands and lack of easy income. Or Obama supporters who want to give the fed more reason to assert more power over the internet traffic. Realistically its likely some Troll with an axe to grind by tick'n other people off for no particular reason.

However FFXiv is one of several DDoS lately, WoW, Everquest, and a few others (not just game servers) are having the same problem lately. What I have noticed is XI seems to be immune.. Coincidence.. likely...

[SpookyGhost]

who is causing the ddos attacks???

Ascians. /10char

[Hik0]

What I have noticed is XI seems to be immune.. Coincidence.. likely...

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Currently we are experiencing DDoS attacks froman anonymous third-party targeting the FINAL FANTASY XIV game servers on the NA/EU data center.

NA/EU XIV DC are in NA and are under attack
JP XIV DCs are in japan and are not under attack
=> attack only on NA located games

all XI servers are in japan=> not in attacked area

[Violyre]

i blame my cat. I always have to shoo him when he decides to walk in front of my screen and/or on the keyboard.

Because as we all know, cats are evil.

[Aylis]

I know when Warlords released, they were attacked, and its not like this is the first attack ever.

I can confirm too Wildstar was hit with attacks a month or so ago which coincided around the time major PVP fixes were made. Guild Wars 2 was also hit around the same time but I can't remember if it was targeted around a Living Story patch or any other patch for that matter. The rumor we heard was the attacks were due to some ongoing protest about the monetization of games via subscription fees, cash shops and micro transactions. Weither its true or not I dunno or if it has anything to do with the attacks on FFXIV but it seems games get targeted just as they receive a major patch or expansion.

[Yukiko]

Ascians.

Best answer so far

[Vaara]

What I have noticed is XI seems to be immune.. Coincidence.. likely...

XI got attacked like this a few times back when it was a bit popular. Maybe attackers have just forgotten it exists or don't care.

[Obysuca]

XI got attacked like this a few times back when it was a bit popular. Maybe attackers have just forgotten it exists or don't care.

Wouldn't be surprised if this was true >_> Apparently theres people who believe XI shut down a year or two ago lol

[Sadana]

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NA/EU XIV DC are in NA and are under attack
JP XIV DCs are in japan and are not under attack
=> attack only on NA located games

all XI servers are in japan=> not in attacked area

Nope, we were hit too, last night. You're thinking of the previous DDoS attack.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...nberryjp_down/
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...heyre_getting/

I figure it's someone bored who thinks it's funny to annoy people. I wonder if they'll keep at it. /rollseyes

OP! WHY is your GF that bored?? @n@

[LalaRu]

it has to be my gf she hates this game says i play to much and pay her no mind...
how do i get her to stop for all our sakes?

You must be a great NIN! As long as you were able to let her aggro the wrong target!