Pokémon Go Servers Went Offline After A Massive DDoS Attack
As we know, Pokemon Go is one of the most trending games worldwide played by many users and it has taken the world by storm. However, Pokemon Go Game servers have recently been taken down by a hacking group named Poodle Corp.
Pokémon Go Servers Went Offline After A Massive DDoS Attack
Pokémon Go Players who are looking to
spend their weekend playing the game were left disappointed. On 16th
July a significant interruption striked the game servers. However,
PoodleCorp claims this time about the interruption and had mentioned
that they had used a DDos attack to take down Niantic’s servers.
In a DDoS attack, the incoming traffic
flooding the victim begins from many unusual sources – potentially
hundreds of thousands or further. This completely makes it difficult to
stop the attack simply by blocking a single IP address. Moreover, it is
very difficult to recognize genuine user traffic from attack traffic
when spread across so many points of entrance.
According to the sources, this attack
took place just after the Game Pokemon Go launched in 26 more countries
in Europe which include Ireland, Greece, Poland and Sweden.
“Our servers are humbled by your
incredible response. We are working to resolve the issue. Please try
again soon!” It was the message that was shown to Pokémon Go users when
they tried to play the game.
Pokemon Go’s soon recognized the attack
and then tweeted from its official twitter account “Trainers! We have
been working to fix the #PokemonGO server issues. Thank you for your
patience. We’ll post an update soon.”
As we already mentioned that the hacker
group Poodle Corp claims the responsibility of all the happenings.
Poodle Corp tweeted about the responsibility for the latest interruption
“PokemonGo #Offline #PoodleCorp”
Poodle Corp twitter account also
retweeted one of the posts of a user whose name was “XO” that reads
“Just was a lil test, we will do something on a larger scale soon.”
Just was a lil test, we will do something on a larger scale soon .— XO (@xotehpoodle) July 16, 2016
As soon as Pokémon Go servers went down
fans preferred social media to voice their rage and disappointment. Some
of them also came out with some funny tweets.
For your information let me tell you
PoodleCorp was the same group who hacked some popular Youtube Accounts
which includes the accounts of WatchMojo, Lilly Singh, Redmercy, and
Leafyishere. This time, they have taken down one of the world’s most
famous game Pokemon Go servers.
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