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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 1 month ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Rockstar Games' servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

80% of all BSODs I’ve traced back have always had a root cause because of some shit piece of software fucking around in the kernel

CrowdStrike has entered the chat.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They've been a boom to the cyber security industry though, even though it wasn't a virus and didn't really damage anything simply the fact that it happened has forced management to actually appreciate the importance of cyber security, and cyber integrity.

They are hiring like crazy now.

Now if only the United States could be convinced that remote working isn't the work of the devil, we might be in for a productive few decades in the technology space. No need for AI