Steam under DDoS attack

Neil79 · 4 Jan 2014 at 00:32

Dayz servers according to some

V F · 4 Jan 2014 at 00:36

SiDeards73 said:
someone needs to develop a fist that flys out of the screen and punches morons like this tbh, i for one would buy the button that enables these type of muppets to get a good smack in the face.

gareth170 · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:07

the store is back

Kempster · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:15

Seems to be loading a lot quicker for me now

Witcher1979 · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:23

So these idiots are not hackers, they just throw to much traffic at the servers or w/e. If they are so amateur as people say then shirley they can be tracked and butt slapped.

Reaper 392 · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:41

Sadly you don't need much knowledge to be anonymous online. Hell, a decent tor browser would probably suffice for something like this

Thekwango · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:44

Reaper 392 said:
Sadly you don't need much knowledge to be anonymous online. Hell, a decent tor browser would probably suffice for something like this

yup that's the sad reality. google would probably give you all the answers you'd need to do this nonsense!

MrMarvelous · 4 Jan 2014 at 02:42

Seems fine to me, downloading CS:GO at normal speeds from the Manchester server.

Columbo · 4 Jan 2014 at 09:41

These utter wastes of life should just shift off this mortal coil quickly and save the oxygen they are stealing for someone that might be of use.

Traffic_Warden · 4 Jan 2014 at 10:06

I hope they carry on, the more DDoSing they do for a prolonged period means they are more susceptible to being caught. It's only a matter of time.

5am
*BANG BANG BANG*
"POLICE SEARCH WARRANT"

Morfinel · 4 Jan 2014 at 10:08

Must be one of 500 un-happy Test drive 2 customers.

Flubble · 4 Jan 2014 at 11:23

would their isp see a lot of traffic from 1 place and block them or know who they are? surely they need to send data through the isp even if they use a proxy or something?

i don't know much about ddos

smogsy · 4 Jan 2014 at 11:33

Flubble said:
would their isp see a lot of traffic from 1 place and block them or know who they are? surely they need to send data through the isp even if they use a proxy or something?

i don't know much about ddos

its very easily. Specially if there at school uni/college.
install piece of dormant software on multiple machines. let be activated remotely. From home flick a switch all the PC constantly send data to the server flooding it with requests, eventually slowing it down to a crawl or crashes. not relly hacking more stress testing

depending on the server infrastructure some services actually stay up whilst being ddosed.

tbh i wish ddosiung could be stopped, its just annoying for everyone users/businesses

Flubble · 4 Jan 2014 at 11:49

smogsy said:
its very easily. Specially if there at school uni/college.
install piece of dormant software on multiple machines. let be activated remotely. From home flick a switch all the PC constantly send data to the server flooding it with requests, eventually slowing it down to a crawl or crashes. not relly hacking more stress testing
depending on the server infrastructure some services actually stay up whilst being ddosed.

tbh i wish ddosiung could be stopped, its just annoying for everyone users/businesses

i see the problem now, instead of doing it from home they could use the free wifi around town and a cheap 2nd hand smartphone to flick the switch? if they covered themselves at the school they would be untraceable

Evilsod · 4 Jan 2014 at 12:08

Flubble said:
i see the problem now, instead of doing it from home they could use the free wifi around town and a cheap 2nd hand smartphone to flick the switch? if they covered themselves at the school they would be untraceable

The attack itself might be...

But these morons are posting about it and attracting attention. Wouldn't take much for them to slip up and leave a trail elsewhere.

djxput · 4 Jan 2014 at 13:55

Tone1979 said:
TBH, it is not hacking.

agree - IMO this is like a child throwing a temper tantrum; hacking would be like a child completing a complex puzzle.

Traffic_Warden · 4 Jan 2014 at 14:43

TBH, it is not hacking.

djxput said:
agree - IMO this is like a child throwing a temper tantrum; hacking would be like a child completing a complex puzzle.

They can describe them however, but they don't connect to each other in the slightest. It's like calling a motorcycle a car :rolleyes:

. It annoys me when people call people who DDoS "Hackers"..... :mad:

Rezident · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:46

I thought that it was good to see that even when I could not access the market or even my own profile on steam, that I was still able to play my games. :cool:

smogsy · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:51

Rezident said:
I thought that it was good to see that even when I could not access the market or even my own profile on steam, that I was still able to play my games.

games master servers run on totally different servers to the community/market.

so do the login servers

Troezar · 4 Jan 2014 at 17:01

Seems the store is down again.