Diablo 3 DDoS Attack: Blizzards European Online Services Disrupted By Attacks; StarCraft, WoW, Hearthstone Players Also Experience Lag And Disconnection Issues

A recent Diablo 3 DDoS attack caused players to experience certain issues while gaming.

According to a post on UberGizmo, Blizzard has been affected by DDoS attacks which resulted in players experiencing lag and connection issues while playing some of the most popular games from the developer. Accordingly, the DDos attack on Blizzard Entertainment's European online services did not only affect Diablo 3 but also other titles such as "World of Warcraft," "Hearthsone," and "Starcraft"

The WOW, Hearthstone, StarCraft and Diablo 3 DDoS attack was confirmed by Blizzard. The developer's post on Battle.net reads:

Diablo, World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Hearthstone players may be impacted by high latency and disconnections during their gaming experience that are the result of a series of DDoS attacks on certain European online services. Although Blizzard's infrastructure isn't targeted, the disruption effects rippled and have been felt by a portion of our players' population.

It further noted, "While we are closely monitoring the situation we wanted to thank you for your patience and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause."

As posted on SegmentNext, DDoS attack is the short form for Distributed Denial of Service Attack where "where multiple Trojan infected systems are used to target a single system." In the case of the Blizzard DDoS attack, the servers of the four games - Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, StarCraft and HearthStone were affected.

To learn more updates about the DDoS attack, Blizzard recommends the gamers to follow @BlizzardCSEU_EN on Twitter.

Blizzard recently released the expansion pack "Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls" for Windows PC and Mac on March 25 as part of the "Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition for the PS4, scheduled for launch later this 2014. An Xbox One version is reportedly in the works as well but Blizzard is not yet confirming its release.

Check back on this site for more updates about Diablo 3 as well as other Blizzard games.