While the doctors are busy in treating the Coronavirus impacted people and fighting the COVID-19 abnormalities, cyber attackers are taking the full advantage of the outbreak and overwhelming the cyberspace with malicious attacks.
DDoS Attack Uptick EA Servers
US publishing giant Electronic Arts is the most recent example. EA Help account posted a report on Twitter that DDoS attack hit its servers and make them offline. As a result, presently, its online functionality is foggy. Users cannot play games such as Battlefield, Apex Legends, and FIFA 2020. Moving forward, users are even unable to login into the Origin online service of the enterprise.
Issue arose on April 14 and continued till yet. Even EA confirms the same on its official website: “Something’s up with our online services, but we’re on it”.
Adding more, EA says that meanwhile, you won’t be able to establish a connection with our online modes, login to your account, or buy games on Origin. We will get back to normal functioning as soon as we can, post that you can easily access games.
Why The Gaming Industry?
Gaming is the most favored cyberattack point amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The reason being people are staying at home and online games are one of the biggest pass times for them. Microsoft reports also say that comparatively its services records and Steams are usually high in a row.
If you look at the statistics, DDoS attacks have increased a lot in Q1 2020 as compared to Q1 2019 and are expected to increase exponentially. Just like Healthcare, the Gaming industry is the prime target facing a range of cyber-attacks.
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