DDOS attack

[sourcreamchip]

This video is probably the best way to explain it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3bEjsv9JFw

Edit: Yes it is mostly memes but it is probably the best way to explain how a ddos works.

Unironically explained how it works really well lmfao

[Shialan]

People getting trolled by OP.

[sagacious]

People getting trolled by OP.

are you the DDOS attacker? Shialan I play 6 to 8 hrs a day I just wanna play there's no trolling I want to understand this situation. The video was simplistic at best who wants to do this? and keep millions from playing this game? is is a corporate attack from a business rivel? or could it be from the inside disgruntled employee?

[Lucyfurr1988]

are you the DDOS attacker? Shialan I play 6 to 8 hrs a day I just wanna play there's no trolling I want to understand this situation. The video was simplistic at best who wants to do this? and keep millions from playing this game? is is a corporate attack from a business rivel? or could it be from the inside disgruntled employee?

DDOS happens for lots of reasons

-the attacker doesnt like business practices
-retaliation for getting perma banned
-business rivals engaging in cyber warfare
-just cause they can

at the end of the day all we can do is wait it out till its resolved.

[UkcsAlias]

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Most commonly its showcasing. At least against the bigger platforms it is.

If you are a ddos hoster and you can show you can take out a big platform, taking out a smaller one poses no problems. This makes it more likely that someone who wants to do damage will go for your platform to perform certain attacks.
And those attacks are nearly always for extortion. Pay X to make the ddos stop, or suffer Y days worth of damage in which your company cant operate.

That a game platform doesnt go down however, can mean it is a single person behind it, but even at this scale, that is quite a cost to make. Its unlikely that a random individual is behind that. There is almost always a company behind attacks at this scale. The intention of that company is unknown though and can be several things.

There is also the option that SE had some ddos protection ready, wanted to test it in runtime, yet the protection failed, so it caused problems. Not all companies are willing to openly admit mistakes here. But there is a good reason to not disclose it. If you admit you did the test yourself, you only bait someone into trying more ddos attacks. Its very conveniently just before a maintenance moment so if servers crashed more severely, this window would have given more time to fix it.
Ending the ddos early in those cases however would reveal it was them, and not even give them a good chance to test proper mitigation. So even then, you just keep it running.

[MistakeNot]

are you the DDOS attacker? Shialan I play 6 to 8 hrs a day I just wanna play there's no trolling I want to understand this situation. The video was simplistic at best who wants to do this? and keep millions from playing this game? is is a corporate attack from a business rivel? or could it be from the inside disgruntled employee?

We don't know who is responsible.
Most likely some bored kids who think it is fun sabotaging stuff. They wouldn't have the technical resources by themselves, but there are botnets for hire that they can rent.

[JenniZockt]

the DDos atack has started again, pls fix this, we are all paying custumers who want to play

Regards
Jenni_Zockt

[Sjol]

the DDos atack has started again, pls fix this, we are all paying custumers who want to play

Regards
Jenni_Zockt

You're complaining that they're not recovering fast enough from being attacked?

[Avoidy]

People getting trolled by OP.

Oh snap, a regular user asking questions about the nature of ddosing in a game that's currently getting ddosed is trolling now. Wanting to play the game you pay for is trolling now. Hoooooooooooo boy, here we are. Welcome to the forums, ladies and gentlemen.