Quote Originally Posted by Yukiko View Post
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It is stereotypical to connect DDoS with kids who just like to protest or are bored.
Recently it is used as weapon in cyberwar and i doubt that SE is their target, its more likely the SE servers are just in their crossfire!
A lot of truth in this statement. We all get routed into narrow corridors to get to the game servers... and all 7 of them are gated through major metropolitan areas. When these attacks are in full force, they stress the nodes along these routes and there is a lot of peripheral impact to other networks that are using those same nodes. It goes on all the time, and creates a major congestion problem in general not only in the US and Canada, but other major countries as well.