If you’re not familiar with World of Warcraft, you might have seen some news coverage in recent months, citing an attack on the game’s servers by hackers. They were known as UKDrillas, Calin Mateias, Lizard Squad, and PoodleCorp. These people all have similar backgrounds, but one thing they have in common is the offensive nature of their attacks.

UKDrillas

The UKDrillas DDoS attack 2016 hit Wikipedia and Overwatch users with massive traffic spikes. A Twitter account, UKDrillas, claimed responsibility for the attacks. The account posted several tweets claiming responsibility for the attacks. This suggests the attacker is based in the UK. However, this account may have been doxxed by angry gamers. As a result, UK law enforcement agencies are looking into this case.

World of Warcraft has long been a target of DDoS attacks, with recent cases involving the game. A Romanian man was recently sentenced to a year in a US federal prison and ordered to pay Blizzard Entertainment $29,987 in restitution. The group is believed to be behind recent attacks on World of Warcraft servers as well as Twitch servers in the United States.

Calin Mateias

During the course of 2010, Romanian hacker Calin Mateias orchestrated a series of World of Warcraft DDOs attacks to disrupt the game’s servers and stop rival players from logging on. Eventually, Mateias was extradited to the United States and pleaded guilty to one count of causing damage to a protected computer. He was also ordered to pay the game’s owner and developer, Blizzard Entertainment, $29,987 in restitution.

In addition to the World of Warcraft DDos attack, Mateias has been sentenced to nearly $30,000 by a federal court for his role in the hack. The fine is meant to compensate him for the cost of labor, but does not mention the number of players affected by the attack. Although Activision-Blizzard has been keeping a close eye on the game, it seems that the Romanian hacker is now being extradited to the United States for his role in the attack.

Lizard Squad hackers

The infamous World of Warcraft DDoS attack happened in April, disrupting the game’s servers and forcing the company to close down. A group calling itself Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the attack and warned that they would carry out more attacks. While all of Blizzard’s services appear to be back up, Lizard Squad posted pictures of personal accounts of Blizzard employees. These hackers have previously disrupted Xbox Live and have also been arrested for a conspiracy to hack into gaming websites.

It’s unclear who is responsible for this hack, but the swarm of hackers known as the Lizard Squad has threatened to carry out more attacks during the holidays. Those who believe that the attack was done by Lizard Squad have warned the company to beef up its systems and bolster their systems to protect themselves from script kiddies. Meanwhile, World of Warcraft fans are fighting to log in, tend to their Garrison, and try out the latest content.

PoodleCorp

The game developer Blizzard is still reeling from a recent DDOS attack, which affected the connection to its game servers. The attack was allegedly carried out by hackers known as PoodleCorp, which promised to stop the attack if their tweets were retweeted by 2,000 people. The hackers made good on their word and the attack stopped within an hour, but not before causing widespread disruption. Fortunately, the servers for Blizzard went back online soon after the incident and users were able to enjoy their popular game again.

While the hackers behind the attacks are not directly responsible for the outage, they’ve linked the incident to other hacking groups, including Lizard Squad, which allegedly took down Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network in 2014. The World of Warcraft DDOs attack 2016 has already made the game’s servers unusable for a large number of players, and the company is trying to restore the service to normal.

Imperva

The World of Warcraft DDOs attack has reached unprecedented levels, with Imperva’s new pulse wave attack causing servers to go down rapidly. Using this technique, the attacker can attack multiple targets simultaneously. However, the company did not reveal any details about the attack. As of May 2016, Imperva’s DDOs attack statistics show that the average number of attacks per day is 445.

In 2016, gaming servers are the top targets of DDoS attacks. These attacks are the largest on record, with more than one hundred percent increase in the past two years. Imperva says that 45 percent of gaming websites have been attacked in the past three years, and that this number will continue to grow. And with the increased number of attacks, it’s likely that 75 percent of gaming sites will be attacked again.

InCare

During April, the servers of the World of Warcraft game went offline. This attack, while relatively small in scope, affected all servers for the game, just a few days before the game’s Warlords of Draenor expansion was released. The hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the attack, and it has a history of launching massive DDoS attacks at Christmastime.

The victims of the DDoS attack include the popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft, a popular encyclopedia, and Wikipedia. In 2016, a DDoS attack disrupted the websites of Blizzard Entertainment, which develops the popular World of Warcraft games. It appeared that World of Warcraft Classic was affected. The attackers did not reveal who they were or where they were located, and some players have reported disconnections.