20140103

EA login servers experience DDoS attack, Origin offline (update)

[~Time Published January 03, 2014 at 04:27PM]

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An online group or person going by the name DERP claims that it is currently attacking EA's login servers, taking Origin down and preventing players from accessing the digital distribution's services.

DERP claims on its twitter account that it's "directed the Gaben Laser Beam" at the EA login servers, taking Origin offline. At the time of writing players can't log in to the service, play EA games on various platforms including PC and Xbox One or make purchases through the storefront.

Earlier this week, the group performed DDoS attacks on games and services like Dota 2, League of Legends, Club Penguin and Battle.net as Twitch streamer James "Phantoml0rd" Varga started streaming them on his Twitch channel. Varga believed that he was...

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