Holy **** **** where do I begin? You know what, this one seems better left alone...
No, I can't.
1.) The attack on their network began shortly after TwinStar/Kronos staff banned a large number of gold seller's accounts/mules which resulted in "thousands of US dollars" in gold being banned along with them. This was stated by Davros (Kronos Staff) on IRC.
2.) My post was geared more toward explaining what is taking place (DDoS attack). Who is behind this attack will likely never be known unless the individual(s) want us to know. While I am speculating, the logic is there - The timing is just too coincidental in light of recent events.
3.) Blizzard is meeting with Nostalrius' staff to have a discussion regarding private servers, their communities, the work Nostalrius did and vanilla in general. Why would they attack another private server leading up to this meeting or, more importantly, risk a multi million dollar empire (we're not just talking about World of Warcraft anymore..) for what amounts to peanuts? I'm also pretty ******* sure if I figured out Kronos' upstream provider, Blizzard is well aware too. Prior to DDoS'ing (LOLYARITE) they would have sent a C&D/DMCA letter to Bredband2, even if they knew Swedish law would pose a challenge. A provider like Bredband2 would likely give up almost instantly (just as OVH did) the minute legal action was put on the table. Why would they go to bat for a private gaming server and risk far more than just one client? Do you understand how expensive lawsuits are? They have 140,000 customers, TwinStar is one of them..
Not sure why I wasted my time, but I feel liberated.
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Awesome. This is the CEO of CloudFlare explaining DDoS and the 300Gbp/s attack launched against one of their clients, which they we able to successfully mitigate. Good resource if you want a clearer picture painted. Thanks for sharing :biggrin: