Newsbrief: With the launch of the latest
World of Warcraft expansion,
Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard had a tough first day due in part to a distributed denial of service attack.
Micah Whipple, a
World of Warcraft community manager,
confirmed on the Battle.net forums that stability in-game "has been less than ideal as we approach our first full day of launch," as a DDoS attack resulted in increased latency.
DDoS attacks are becoming a common occurrence in video games. Just recently
the long-awaited MMO ArcheAge was DDoSed before it even launched, while Steam, Origin and Battle.net
were all hit with attacks earlier this year.
