Kira Onime Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 ... and some other game called club penguin.I've been following the thing since thise after-noon and it's been somewhat interresting. Hackers apparently attacked the servers of games that are being played by a particular Twitch livestream user named Phantoml0rd. Every time Phantoml0rd tried to play games like Dota 2, League of Legends, Club Penguin and games hosted on Blizzard’s Battle.net, the group known as DERP tried to take those servers down with distributed denial of service attacks. If the attacks are successful, other players could be impacted by the attacks. The attacks have been taking place as Phantoml0rd tries to play and stream the games, according to reports on Reddit and Phantoml0rd’s Twitch stream. Phantoml0rd’s livestream is a popular channel on Twitch, which broadcasts live game sessions to large audiences. A DDoS attack can take a game down by flooding it with traffic.The group told Phantoml0rd on Twitter that if he lost the Dota 2 match he was streaming, they would attack the game’s servers. Then, as his team started losing, the server he was playing on crashed. At the moment, his League of Legends stream appears to be back up. Speaking on his Twitch stream, Phantoml0rd proclaimed, “First time I have ever been hacked….Everyone is trying to talk to me.” Right now, the stream is drawing more than 118,000 viewers. Apparently, being hacked is still good for his livestream. http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/hackers-attack-dota-2-and-league-of-legends-servers-in-quest-for-one-game-livestreamer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 A popular streamer I've never heard of. It's happened to other streamers before as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Onime Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 A popular streamer I've never heard of. It's happened to other streamers before as well. Unless you watch league of legends steam, I'd be surprised you knew him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hell, it happened to us one day. Someone attacked our game server because it was hosting the Team Speak that FooZ was using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark95 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 People just mount a DDos attack for the stupidest reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGWyant Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Can't a ddos be backtracked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/01/multiple-gaming-platforms-hit-with-apparent-ddos-attacks/ Including Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark95 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Can't a ddos be backtracked? Usually difficult because many ddos attacks are caused by botnets. These botnets include a wide assortment of random ip's from possibly around the world. It's hard then to separate legitimate traffic apart from the attack. There is software that server admins use to help mitigate ddos attacks, but it is nowhere near perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Wow this guy is a POS. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/how-a-pro-gamer-actually-made-money-from-hackers-ddosing-his-server Glad I've never heard of him or watched him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBadExample Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 What a shit. High quality Twitch Partners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz-Salad Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 This whole event was all over Enjin since Guild Wars2 and Eve had even gone down because of it. But that article made me shake my head at it all. I almost felt bad for the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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