Lizard Squad hacker mocks gamers after alleged DDOS attack on Blizzard servers
Blizzard's Battle.net experienced another outage on Monday (20 Jun) after facing similar issues last week, leaving players unable to log in to popular games such as Overwatch, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft due to an alleged DDoS attack. Notorious hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the latest disruption.
DDoS attacks, or Distributed Denial of Services, occur when a malicious individual or entity floods a network with fake traffic designed to cripple and take down the company's server.
Besides facing difficulties logging in, Overwatch players also reported being disconnected from matches. On Twitter, many gamers voiced their concerns about being possibly penalised in accordance with Blizzard's aggressive stance on rage quitters in the game.
