Ubisoft Games Suffers Massive Ddos Attacks, Servers Goes Offline

France based video game publisher Ubisosft on Tuesday, July 17th 2018 suffered several series of DDoS attacks (distributed denial-of-service) which sent several of their gaming servers offline.

A DDoS attack occurs when an attacker(s) send junk traffic from multiple systems to flood the bandwidth or resource of a targeted system so as to force it offline. The targeted system or server at the receiving end usually gets knocked out when their resource have been exhausted while trying to handle the overwhelming traffic.

Ubisoft acknowldegd the DDoS attack which knocked out several of their servers including Ghost Recon Wildlands. However, Honor and Far Cry 5 were facing connectivity issues.


A Tweet from Ubisoft's customer support Twitter handle confirmed the outage and said they were working on to mitigate the attacks.

"We're currently monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games. The attacks are focused on our games connections and server latency, which we are working on mitigating. Thank you for your patience as we resolve this," the tweet read.

We’re currently monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games. The attacks are focused on our games connections and server latency, which we are working on mitigating. Thank you for your patience as we resolve this.

— Ubisoft Support (@UbisoftSupport) July 17, 2018

As of now, it is still unclear who was behind the attack or what their motive for the was. However, during the attack, concerned users kept asking questions, of which one user asked if the DDoS attack posed any risk to their personal information or if there was need for them to change their password.

In response, Ubisoft said, "We haven't had any indications that any information would be at risk." DDoS attack is the result of multiple compromised systems (botnet) which are used in flooding the victim with junk traffic.

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The aim of a DDoS attack is to send the targeted system offline. DDoS attack do not pose any risk to users data unless the attacker has already had access to their system via another means.

A tweet from Ubisoft later in the day suggest the company was able to resolve and restore the service outage.

"Thanks for the update! This situation is now resolved, and we are continuing to monitor the situation," the tweet read.

Ubisoft Games Suffers Massive Ddos Attacks, Servers Goes Offline

France based video game publisher Ubisosft on Tuesday, July 17th 2018 suffered several series of DDoS attacks (distributed denial-of-service) which sent several of their gaming servers offline.

A DDoS attack occurs when an attacker(s) send junk traffic from multiple systems to flood the bandwidth or resource of a targeted system so as to force it offline. The targeted system or server at the receiving end usually gets knocked out when their resource have been exhausted while trying to handle the overwhelming traffic.

Ubisoft acknowldegd the DDoS attack which knocked out several of their servers including Ghost Recon Wildlands. However, Honor and Far Cry 5 were facing connectivity issues.


A Tweet from Ubisoft's customer support Twitter handle confirmed the outage and said they were working on to mitigate the attacks.

"We're currently monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games. The attacks are focused on our games connections and server latency, which we are working on mitigating. Thank you for your patience as we resolve this," the tweet read.

We’re currently monitoring DDoS attacks impacting Ubisoft services and causing players to be unable to connect to games. The attacks are focused on our games connections and server latency, which we are working on mitigating. Thank you for your patience as we resolve this.

— Ubisoft Support (@UbisoftSupport) July 17, 2018

As of now, it is still unclear who was behind the attack or what their motive for the was. However, during the attack, concerned users kept asking questions, of which one user asked if the DDoS attack posed any risk to their personal information or if there was need for them to change their password.

In response, Ubisoft said, "We haven't had any indications that any information would be at risk." DDoS attack is the result of multiple compromised systems (botnet) which are used in flooding the victim with junk traffic.

Also Read: Teenager who hacked Donald Trump, Clinton, Obama, CIA, FBI and others gets prison sentence

The aim of a DDoS attack is to send the targeted system offline. DDoS attack do not pose any risk to users data unless the attacker has already had access to their system via another means.

A tweet from Ubisoft later in the day suggest the company was able to resolve and restore the service outage.

"Thanks for the update! This situation is now resolved, and we are continuing to monitor the situation," the tweet read.

You Can Now Play Assasin's Creed Odyssey Via Chrome Browser

Internet giant Google has entered the video gaming world with a streaming service called Project Stream.

Google made the announcement on Monday, describing the Project Stream service as a technical test that will allow users to stream video games directly from the Chrome browser.

"Streaming media has transformed the way we consume music and video, making it easy to instantly access your favorite content,"Google's Product Manager, Catherine Hsiao said in a blog post. "Its a technically complex process that has come a long way in a few short years, but the next technical frontier for streaming will be much more demanding than video."

Video games usually requires heavy downloads and installs from third-party clients which usually takes up storage space. However, with the coming of Google's Project Stream, users won't need to do all the download and installation. All that will be required is a Chrome browser, a Google account, and a stable Internet connection that can deliver up to 25 MB per second of Internet speed.

"The idea of streaming such graphically-rich content that requires near-instant interaction between the game controller and the graphics on the screen poses a number of challenges," Google's blog read. "When streaming TV or movies, consumers are comfortable with a few seconds of buffering at the start, but streaming high-quality games latency measured in milliseconds, with no graphics degradation."

Google will let a limited number of users to try out the service for free by playing Assasin's Creed Odyssey which will be released by Ubisoft worldwide on Oct. 5. Same day that Google be letting some users to test the streaming service. Those who want to sign up for the Project Stream must be above the age of 17, and must be a resident of the US. Click here for sign up.


Though Google didn't provide much details on the technology behind the test, we however, know that Google wants to save users all the hassles of download and unnecessary third party installs by providing them with with a triple-A gaming experience on the Chrome browser.