Steam is being DDOSed/Hacked around dec. 23, 2016

[Superfun909]

The first time i encountered this was when i was playing some blockland with my friend, then steam just kinda... went offline for the rest of the day, it happened today, too.

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[Duck Quackington]

late

and its back up now

[startacker]

It was me

https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=305879.0

[Ipquarx]

There are tons of groups trying to claim responsibility for it when in reality it was likely just some intern that forgeted up.

[Shift Kitty]

They're just overloaded. This happens every year.

[Masterlegodude]

They're just overloaded. This happens every year.

https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1540267
Facepunch says otherwise

[Shift Kitty]

https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1540267
Facepunch says otherwise

One OP who is just quoting some random article, which even seemed unsure itself.

[Masterlegodude]

Actually, i didn't even look at the post date, that was back in November, it was bumped today, but there is no solid proof that this case was even a DDOS

¯\_(ツ)_/¯