EA Origin servers down, hacker group claims responsibility

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EA’s Origin servers are down, causing widespread connectivity issues across the publisher’s catalogue of games, allegedly due to hacker activity.

EA’s digital PC storefront Origin is currently offline, and multiplayer linked to Origin IDs has also been intermittently affected, with online-only games like Star Wars: The Old Republic most troubled.

Individual game Twitter feeds, as well as EA’s core support account, have acknowledged the issue and assured users that the matter is under investigation, but provided no further information.

Hacker and troll group Derp has not been so reticent, claiming responsibility for bringing the service down, apparently via a DDOS attack.

The group has not explained its motivation for the attack, but a later comment suggests it sees Origin as an unnecessary rival to Steam.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/03/ea-origin-servers-down-hacker-group-claims-responsibility/

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970Posted:

Craigyy Surly these idiots can be tracked. Go to where they are and lock em up.

They don't deserve computers for what they do with them.


they probably can be tracked but they are probably too dumb to know it

970Posted:

Lia
Luxe
Zoidberg I heard they were down just to stop ONE gamer from playing.


Wow I dont see why people go through such an effort just to stop someone from a harmless thing


It's simple really...they have nothing better to do with there time rather than harassing gamer's and hitting servers off.


theres no way it was just for one gamer. they could have just done it to only that one gamer

970Posted:

GreatLogic Little bit pointless isn't it?
I really don't get why hackers have to do things like this, its stupid..


they do it to feel like they are wanted

970Posted:

FouLR The kids who

Asbo
Craigyy Surly these idiots can be tracked. Go to where they are and lock em up.

They don't deserve computers for what they do with them.


Well some hackers do this to get recognised and sometimes the company hires them to hack there servers to find loopholes.


It doesn't make sense for the company to hire someone to take down their servers..


they dont hire them to take down the servers they hire them to protect them from attacks

970Posted:

i would be mad if i used an origin account

SIKSPosted:

The hackers must be extremely intelligent to take down servers that belong to a multi-billion dollar company.

Martin_Luther_PingPosted:

I love it when big companies are taken down by individuals. It amazes me that multi billion dollar companies can't defend themselves against a DDoS attack.

XenoChristPosted:

The kids who

Asbo
Craigyy Surly these idiots can be tracked. Go to where they are and lock em up.

They don't deserve computers for what they do with them.


Well some hackers do this to get recognised and sometimes the company hires them to hack there servers to find loopholes.


It doesn't make sense for the company to hire someone to take down their servers..

AsboPosted:

Craigyy Surly these idiots can be tracked. Go to where they are and lock em up.

They don't deserve computers for what they do with them.


Well some hackers do this to get recognised and sometimes the company hires them to hack there servers to find loopholes.

DPMPosted:

Little bit pointless isn't it?
I really don't get why hackers have to do things like this, its stupid..


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