{"id":87664,"date":"2022-10-05T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blizzard-battles-with-a-second-overwatch-2-ddos-but-server-issues-are-starting-to-ease\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T11:02:55","slug":"blizzard-battles-with-a-second-overwatch-2-ddos-but-server-issues-are-starting-to-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blizzard-battles-with-a-second-overwatch-2-ddos-but-server-issues-are-starting-to-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard battles with a second Overwatch 2 DDoS, but server issues are starting to ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch 2 has been hit with not one, but two DDoS attacks, which, alongside renewed interest from lapsed fans, has made for a rocky launch indeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re steadily making progress on server issues and stability, as well as working through a second DDoS attack,\u201d Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller says on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronkellerOW\/status\/1577516588932005888?s=20&amp;t=nMfKtxzG53w3OM0dylxg2A\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronkellerOW\/status\/1577516588932005888?s=20&amp;t=nMfKtxzG53w3OM0dylxg2A\">twitter<\/a><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span>.  \u201cWe&#8217;re all hands on deck and will continue to work throughout the night.  Thank you for your patience &#8211; we&#8217;ll share more info as it becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>Mere hours prior, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qwik\/status\/1577396593153564672?s=20&amp;t=6RAfWFZnELBeDTEvXb9Clw\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qwik\/status\/1577396593153564672?s=20&amp;t=6RAfWFZnELBeDTEvXb9Clw\">confirmed<\/a><span class=\"sr-only\">  (opens in new tab)<\/span> that the team shooter had been hit with its first DDoS attack after acknowledging Overwatch 2&#8217;s server issues.  At the time of writing, Overwatch 2 queue times have returned to normal, though that can may change as larger parts of the world wake up and try to log on. <\/p>\n<p>A DDoS \u2013 distributed denial of service \u2013 attack occurs when someone sends numerous outgoing connections to a single server, rendering it unable to handle connections from normal users.  It&#8217;s fairly easy for malicious individuals to make happen, and it&#8217;s extremely difficult to defend against.  Major games are regularly targeted by DDoS attacks, so it comes as little surprise a big launch like Overwatch 2 would attract these sorts of attempts.<\/p>\n<p>DDoS attacks do not mean that hackers have actually intruded on Blizzard&#8217;s servers, of course, so you don&#8217;t need to worry about changing passwords or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unsure if Blizzard&#8217;s latest is for you, our Overwatch 2 review makes for good reading.  We reckon that, &#8220;while Overwatch 2 still offers fun and frenetic gameplay on beautifully vibrant maps, it&#8217;s hard to ignore how much it deviates from the successes of the original.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Take aim at more of the <\/em><em>best FPS games<\/em><em>  at that link.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch 2 has been hit with not one, but two DDoS attacks, which, alongside renewed interest from lapsed fans, has made for a rocky launch indeed. \u201cWe&#8217;re steadily making progress on server issues and stability, as well as working through a second DDoS attack,\u201d Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller says on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blizzard-battles-with-a-second-overwatch-2-ddos-but-server-issues-are-starting-to-ease\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blizzard battles with a second Overwatch 2 DDoS, but server issues are starting to ease<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87932,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/overwatch-2-launch-marred-by-multiple-ddos-attacks\/","url_meta":{"origin":87664,"position":0},"title":"Overwatch 2 launch marred by multiple DDoS attacks","date":"October 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"enlarge \/ Artist's conception of Blizzard fighting off DDoS attackers. 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