{"id":89325,"date":"2016-04-14T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=89325"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:35:40","slug":"lizard-squad-targets-blizzard-in-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/89325-lizard-squad-targets-blizzard-in-cyber-attack","title":{"rendered":"Lizard Squad targets Blizzard in cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlizzardCS\/status\/720429759323213824\">Blizzard stated today<\/a><\/strong> that it was dealing with DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks which adversely affected its Battle.Net services.<\/p>\n<p>The company said on Twitter that it was monitoring connection problems which prevented some players from accessing its servers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are currently monitoring a DDOS attack against network providers which is affecting connections to our games. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsDZ0CYdFX\">https:\/\/t.co\/YsDZ0CYdFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BlizzardCS (@BlizzardCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlizzardCS\/status\/720429759323213824\">April 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lizard Squad posted ominous warnings on Twitter before the attack commenced, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizardLands\/status\/720433791823691776\">continued to tweet<\/a><\/strong> about the cyber attack as Blizzard attempted to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard&#8217;s connection problems have now been resolved, with the Battle.Net services <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlizzardCS\/status\/720458492935553024\">up and running again<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The DDoS attack affected almost all players using the Battle.Net service, with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/wow\/en\/forum\/topic\/20743044224?page=5#86?utm_source=External-Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Posting&amp;utm_campaign=BlizzardCS&amp;utm_content=solution\">widespread reports<\/a><\/strong> of connection problems, lag and timeouts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nArrest us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lizard Squad (@LizardLands) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizardLands\/status\/720436657175048192\">April 14, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Cool stuff you can do with your old PC parts\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/88755-cool-stuff-you-can-do-with-your-old-pc-parts.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cool stuff you can do with your old PC parts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Intel\u2019s powerful 10-core processor unveiled \u2013 specifications\" 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