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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MawderzPosted:

DerpTrolling were so bad.

KatsumiPosted:

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


that's absolutely ridiculous. If you ask me they are all a bunch of idiots

ZoidbergPosted:

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

SIKSPosted:

Why do they waste their time ddosing game servers. They should use their hacking skills to ddos something that's actually worth hacking into.

KatsumiPosted:

Kronnoc They're not a hacker group, they're a bunch of script kiddies.


Whatever you want to call them it is undeniable that they have kicked up quite a fuss.

KatsumiPosted:

Lowered i wouldn't know where to start on hacking such a big business like origin


They didn't really 'hack' them so to say. They just made the servers go down

AwksPosted:

i wouldn't know where to start on hacking such a big business like origin

KronnocPosted:

They're not a hacker group, they're a bunch of script kiddies.

KatsumiPosted:

Kex I wouldn't even call DerpTrolling a 'Hacker' group. All they do is DDoS lol.


It's just stupid in my opinion. It really does not benefit either party and is more or less pointless

MawderzPosted:

I wouldn't even call DerpTrolling a 'Hacker' group. All they do is DDoS lol.


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