Don't these people have better things to do.. Heck I guess no BF4 for me tonight..
http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/2/5268652/origin-servers-experience-ddos-attack
An online group or person going by the name DERP is currently attacking EA's login servers, taking Origin down and preventing players from accessing the digital distribution's services.
DERP claims on its twitter account that it's "directed the Gaben Laser Beam" at the EA login servers, taking Origin offline. At the time of writing players can't log in to the service, play EA games on various platforms or make purchases through the storefront.
Earlier this week, the group performed DDoS attacks on games and services like Dota 2, League of Legends, Club Penguin and Battle.net as Twitch streamer James "Phantoml0rd" Varga started streaming them on his Twitch channel. Varga believed that he was singled out because he was Twitch's top streamer at the time.
We have reached out to EA for comment and will update this post as more information comes to hand.
Update: The official EA support twitter account issued an update stating that it is "working to resolve connectivity/login issues affecting various platforms/games" and will provide more updates "when available."
http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/2/5268652/origin-servers-experience-ddos-attack
An online group or person going by the name DERP is currently attacking EA's login servers, taking Origin down and preventing players from accessing the digital distribution's services.
DERP claims on its twitter account that it's "directed the Gaben Laser Beam" at the EA login servers, taking Origin offline. At the time of writing players can't log in to the service, play EA games on various platforms or make purchases through the storefront.
Earlier this week, the group performed DDoS attacks on games and services like Dota 2, League of Legends, Club Penguin and Battle.net as Twitch streamer James "Phantoml0rd" Varga started streaming them on his Twitch channel. Varga believed that he was singled out because he was Twitch's top streamer at the time.
We have reached out to EA for comment and will update this post as more information comes to hand.
Update: The official EA support twitter account issued an update stating that it is "working to resolve connectivity/login issues affecting various platforms/games" and will provide more updates "when available."
