Indie game storefront itch.io reportedly suffers multiple DDoS attacks just one week after Steam
Within the last 24 hours, the indie game storefront itch.io has reportedly been taken down by DDoS attacks multiple times. This is a sign of a concerning trend.
video games
Matt Buckley
October 16, 2025
Steam, Riot Games, and others may have been hit with a DDoS attack earlier today that broke records
Outages appear to have affected many gaming services and titles simultaneously, sparking rumors of a coordinated DDoS attack.
video games
Matt Buckley
October 7, 2025
Hackers have been executing DDoS attack on Arma Reforger and DayZ servers for a week, now reportedly demanding ransom
The DDoS storm rages on, with new reports suggesting that the group Style Squad Reborn is behind the attacks on DayZ and ArmA Reforger servers.
video games
Olga Racinowska
February 3, 2025
‘We Pissed Someone Off’, says ArmA Reforger lead dev. Internal error and server issues likely caused by DDoS attacks
‘No connection with backend’, ‘Session error’, and other server issues. ArmA Reforger are being DDoS’d.
video games
Olga Racinowska
January 30, 2025
New Military Shooter Targeted; Battlebit Devs Don't Give Up
After an excellent debut, BattleBit Remastered became the target of hacker attacks. The developers finally managed to deal with them and announced plans to develop the game.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 3, 2023
Ubisoft Suing for DDoS Attacks in Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against ShortNameGame in connection with DDoS attacks on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege servers. The defendants were said to provide, for a fee, the software needed to carry out the attacks, as well as mock the company's actions aimed at limiting their effects.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 20, 2020
WoW Classic - Perpetrator of Recent DDoS Attacks Arrested
Blizzard informed about the arrest of a person suspected of having launched DDoS attacks on the company's servers. The problems affected both World of Warcraft Classic and Overwatch players.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 20, 2019
Ubisoft Cracks Down on DDoS Attacks in Rainbow Six: Siege
Due to the recent wave of attacks on the servers of Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft has decided to take drastic steps to remedy the problem. Everything is described in detail on the blog so that players know what to expect.
video games
Barth Faryna
September 19, 2019