‘Final Fantasy 14’ EU servers affected by DDoS attack
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nme.comFinal Fantasy 14 stopped players accessing the game throughout last night (August 14).Square Enix announced the attack last night on its website, stating: “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties because of a DDoS attack.” This attack limited players from logging in to Final Fantasy 14 and also booted players who were already in the game.A DDoS attack, or distributed denial-of-service attack, involves flooding a server, service or network with an influx of traffic.
Hackers typically use a chain of compromised PCs to launch the attack, creating an overwhelming level of requests that a server can’t keep up with.This prompted the developer to look into the attacks and launch countermeasures.
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