IowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.comIowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebill_1992@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI actually bought Diablo 4 during the downtime, and refunded it the next day when their support page was back up. I find their claim of DDoS a bit dubious, and it’s not like there aren’t playbooks against DDoS. A 12 hour outage is insane either way.
minus-squareThe_Vampire@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven if it was a DDoS, they’re the ones that decided to make the game vulnerable to such attacks in the first place. Even if they had valid reasons (which I find suspect), actions have consequences.
I actually bought Diablo 4 during the downtime, and refunded it the next day when their support page was back up.
I find their claim of DDoS a bit dubious, and it’s not like there aren’t playbooks against DDoS. A 12 hour outage is insane either way.
Even if it was a DDoS, they’re the ones that decided to make the game vulnerable to such attacks in the first place. Even if they had valid reasons (which I find suspect), actions have consequences.