EVE Online server offline due to DDOS attack

@Averice It is to initiate more control over the internet forcing regulations which generate tax revenues and more profits to the sector of Government or investors that maintain security. I blame Skynet.

@Averice

Impossible to say why unfortunately. :\

I'll just toss in my random thought: terrorist like behavior just because. Something along the lines of the "Some people just want to see the world burn" thing.

Though for common sense, I'd say having an actual intent of forcing better security, even through government regulations (eek) is a smarter explanation.

That's my two cents at least.

@Averice
I can't think of a better way to encourage the authorities and all the corporate interests threatened by this sort of attack to get together and drop a lot of cash and effort to do something about it.
An accomplishment of sorts, perhaps not one they want though.

@Space Cobra

I agree.

They're complete sociopaths. Reason no longer applies to what they do. It sucks, but all we can do right now is hope someone stops em all.

@Space Cobra It might be vandalism, but I think it's also likely to be economic warfare of the corporate/political type.

There's been a lot of market strong-arming going on. Botnet hackers mecenary themselves out for cash. I wouldn't try to conjecture about some wide-ranging conspiracy, but I'm inclined to believe that vandalism isn't a primary motive.

@Space Cobra or it could be that someone else did it and they are blaming other in order to get people support :)

@Space Cobra

"For the lulz." It's right there in their name.

@Space Cobra They probably play WoW. If I had a dime for every time some jerk ganked a low level player just because they could, that game would have been a lovely source of income. Not being worth any honor when killed has never been the slightest defense against getting ganked.

@Space Cobra
You know what I find freaking funny? These kinds of comments were downvoted and shunned upon when it was PSN/SOE getting hacked by Anon/lulzsec. "Haha, Sony totally had it coming, they're bad, etc...". But the moment the online community feels threatened (Eve/Escapist and minecraft), suddenly, it's the fucking end of the world and these guys are crazy and what not.

Go go hypocritical online users!

I think that's the point: get more attention to the fact that pretty much any site storing personal data save for a few juggernauts that are used to attacks can be hacked, and possibly increase attention to security. I also noticed how slow companies can be to report that your data is at risk (this is a DDoS attack, so it doesn't involve data theft, I'm primarily thinking of the Bethesda and Epic hackings) - if those guys are loud and announce to everyone that they have your data, there are bound to be some who are doing it purely for cash and won't tell you at all, and if the companies take their sweet time reporting it like Sony did, that's a problem.

Or they could be doing it purely for the lulz, as they claim. I suspect it's both.

@doublerainbow Blizzard I am sure is well prepared for this especially once they see everything happening around them.

@doublerainbow I doubt those are the reasons. Blizzard has been in the bullseye of hackers for years because of how lucrative WoW accounts and gold are, so IMO of any game company out there Blizzard probably has the best security overall. Yes, people do get hacked, but consider the number of users they have and it's not as bad as some other games.

Also, this specific attack would be a waste against Blizzard. Whenever they release a new sparklepony, their own users practically create a DDoS attack trying to log in and buy it the instant it comes out. I'm sure their servers are top-notch, and while still vulnerable I'd imagine that they are distributed enough themselves that it isn't as much of an issue, or even noticable.

On the "why" side of things, a lot of these recent events strike me as the hackers trying to do what they think is best, in their own eyes (I'm not saying it's right). They think Sony/Citi/whoever is a terrible company etc. The information is out there, but people still use the company despite the shadiness. Therefore, in the eyes of the hackers, I think they believe that anyone still using those services is actively putting themselves in the line of fire.

@Icemasta

I can't mod you high enough sir.
Peeps you need to stop derping and read their twitter (it's full of lulz)

@Icemasta

Um...that just shows how idiotic they are...a REAL pro would know a way around. Instead these idiots are probably using some freeware network security program that can cause damage and emulate similar attacks...

HELL I could do the same thing easily.

@doublerainbow

Not saying that they should do this at all of course.

I believe that Blizz has at least one CISSP working for them, as well as several other experts knowledgeable about how to prevent DDOS attacks from working. Heck there are network configurations designed specificailly with these attacks in mind, and they are able to recover their servers and it would be hard as hell for them to hack their way through. The team at Blizz would simply replace what they had too and go about their merry way with minimal damage. Hell I bet Blizz has backup redundancies just for large traffic volumes.