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Multiplayer gamers on different platforms have experienced service outages and disruptions simultaneously. The cybersecurity community suspects a major distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) from Aisuru, a massive botnet pushing out record-breaking traffic.

Downdetector users are reporting widespread problems affecting Steam and Riot Games, two of the world's largest gaming platforms. Gamers complain about being unable to play major titles, such as Counter-Strike, Dota 2, Valorant, League of Legends, and many others.

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Outage reports began surging around 8:00 PM EDT on October 6th, with thousands of users mentioning losing server connections. The brief disruptions have recurred several times since.


Riot Games' status page confirmed critical game disconnection issues, affecting gamers on all major platforms: Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.

"We're aware of a problem causing players to disconnect from their games and have disabled ranked queues while we investigate," the alert reads.

 

[Kilau]

Wow look at that attack!

J/k, it's like this all the time.

 

[MMaRsu]

Welp thats fun

 

[asciidog]

I wish that these people's Arm sleeves always slip down when washing their hands.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Wow look at that attack!

J/k, it's like this all the time.

 

[Loomy]

I wish that these people's Arm sleeves always slip down when washing their hands.

Monster

 

[Magic Carpet]

I'm glad these things only happen when I'm at work.
Things are usually back to normal when I get home.

 

[Pejo]

DDoS on this scale is usually a coverup for something else. It's not just China, Southeast Asia, and Europe trying to piss off gamers. Wouldn't be surprised if we see news of a data breach in some major platform in 6~ months as a result.