MattScott 15242 Posted July 15, 2018 Hi everyone, This is just a brief post to acknowledge and apologize for the horrible networks issues today. Our servers were hit with a series of nonstop DDOS attacks across both regions for about 5 hours between 11am and 4pm PDT. This is by far the worst series of collective attacks we’ve seen. We switched to mitigation and tripped another network issue with our provider that made the issue worse. We will do better in the future. Sorry, Matt 21 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nanometic 265 Posted July 15, 2018 Really wondering how much it must be costing these people to DDoS. Mind blowing how far some people will go, honestly. Thank you for the update. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fennel 62 Posted July 15, 2018 keep it up Matt, its relieving to know youre atleast trying. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nanometic 265 Posted July 15, 2018 Just now, Fennel said: keep it up Matt, its relieving to know youre atleast trying. Agreed, not just him, all of LO, they've already seen how relentless this community can be, i'm glad they're not just giving up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snubnose 640 Posted July 15, 2018 when will the suffering end... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orangesherbet 12 Posted July 15, 2018 I want to remain hopeful but with these attacks going on for years, it's pretty demoralizing. I have no expertise in this area, but have LO considered asking some other studio contemporaries how they have handled similar issues? I've never seen a game's servers be so crippled by attacks. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattScott 15242 Posted July 15, 2018 We are reaching out to a couple other MMO/online game companies now. 4 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheJellyGoo 343 Posted July 15, 2018 Remember those empty words that those individuals used to shift the blame on G1? Trying to justify their petty actions as some crusade for all the wrongdoings that happened under G1? Guess what? Scum is still scum and still the only constant. Weak beings struggling with their insecurities! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
(Xbox)MortisedGuide 46 Posted July 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Snubnose said: when will the suffering end... FBI: *WE'RE OUTSIDE THE VIRGINS HOUSE* Virgins: WE HAVE DDOSED APB FBI: FBI OPEN UP VIRGINS: SHIT THE JIG IS UP RUN! *Gets caught* *You're under arrest for ddosing. Anything can and will be used in the court of the law.* 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnifuWaifu 499 Posted July 15, 2018 20 minutes ago, MattScott said: Hi everyone, This is just a brief post to acknowledge and apologize for the horrible networks issues today. Our servers were hit with a series of nonstop DDOS attacks across both regions for about 5 hours between 11am and 4pm PDT. This is by far the worst series of collective attacks we’ve seen. We switched to mitigation and tripped another network issue with our provider that made the issue worse. We will do better in the future. Sorry, Matt Still love you! 7 minutes ago, MattScott said: We are reaching out to a couple other MMO/online game companies now. It will be interesting to see what they say, APB can't be alone with these attacks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 12 Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, MattScott said: We are reaching out to a couple other MMO/online game companies now. Hopefully they can help... Edited July 15, 2018 by Dragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaredofsnakes 52 Posted July 15, 2018 Thanks for communicating with us, we don’t see a lot of that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keshi 436 Posted July 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, MattScott said: We are reaching out to a couple other MMO/online game companies now. u need valve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CookiePuss 5378 Posted July 15, 2018 As frustrating as the lag is, I actually laughed a lot playing tonight. Everyone was just teleporting around, packet loss, no hitreg. Def a clusterfuck, but we were all in it together so in a weird way it was pretty entertaining. Anyhoo, good luck! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mynd 120 Posted July 15, 2018 Just imagine what these dedicated ddosing nerds could accomplish if they actually tried doing something constructive with their lives.Don't blame you @MattScott, the fault doesn't lie with you or LO. We've been dealing with this for years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aeronaut 647 Posted July 15, 2018 couple other companies using the same provider? did the provider say anything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperToaster 78 Posted July 15, 2018 Confident you guys will find a solution soon enough. Can't wait for this nightmare to be over with. It's literally the saddest thing when these guys do this every day especially on a game that barely has any players left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saxtus 497 Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) DDoS is a nasty thing, and if I remember what Matt said, until they do some fundamental changes to the networking code, we need to rely on their ISP's mitigation technology. Edited July 15, 2018 by Saxtus missing comma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Excalibur! 207 Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, MattScott said: We are reaching out to a couple other MMO/online game companies now. Any idea who/why anyone would be that mad to attack APB like this? You been really nice with everyone even to me, and actually trying to bring back this awesome game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hexerin 1140 Posted July 15, 2018 Are the netcode changes mentioned in that other thread possibly going to ship on Tuesday (17th)? Or are they still too early in dev to be shipped live? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattScott 15242 Posted July 15, 2018 Hi there, 53 minutes ago, Hexerin said: Are the netcode changes mentioned in that other thread possibly going to ship on Tuesday (17th)? Or are they still too early in dev to be shipped live? We tested network code last week, and it still needs some work, so it wont be ready for Tuesday. Believe me, we are pushing as hard as we can. BTW - in publicly acknowledging and apologizing for the DDOS attacks (over Twitter, Facebook, and this forum), we got two more attacks within minutes. I often debate exactly how much information to share with the community due to this exact problem. LO has not interest in hiding anything, but every time we give information out, it also goes directly to the people initiating these attacks. Fortunately we're on mitigation right now, and those attackers wasted their efforts. They can't make it any worse. Rest assured, we're not giving up. Stay tuned. Thanks, Matt 17 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kiida 455 Posted July 15, 2018 Sadly these DDoS attacks have been going on for so long that we've kinda become used to them. Appreciate the information though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nickyan 13 Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) Giving the DDOSers attention only feeds their megalomania. Yet if there were no official word on the topic people will jump the gun and go "omg LO doesnt care about servers hurr durr". Edited July 15, 2018 by Nickyan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DopeSV 9 Posted July 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Nickyan said: Giving the DDOSers attention only feeds their megalomania. Yet if there were no official word on the topic people will jump the gun and go "omg LO doesnt care about servers hurr durr". Yea...better do nothing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoomLion 46 Posted July 15, 2018 i will never understand why people do this crap..@LO.. us real players !! real fans !! of the game got faith an we wait years for help...we know its not gonna be some easy ride..keep up with what u doing we got your back... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
