VeronicaZ 6 Posted May 17 punishment is important but taking advantage of alternate ways to connect and having several options available to us would allow us to have something rather than nothing... skype is working right now and has not been attacked for example... we can chat over it and information can be shared in real-time over it... why not have a version of 3dxchat that allows us to connect our skype accounts together while hosting the 3d portion of the game rendered locally on our own machines? 2 Matteopesta and Constellation reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matteopesta 4 Posted May 17 25 minutes ago, VeronicaZ said: punishment is important but taking advantage of alternate ways to connect and having several options available to us would allow us to have something rather than nothing... skype is working right now and has not been attacked for example... we can chat over it and information can be shared in real-time over it... why not have a version of 3dxchat that allows us to connect our skype accounts together while hosting the 3d portion of the game rendered locally on our own machines? I totally agree! would be awesome 1 Constellation reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJessie 19 Posted May 17 Billion dollar companies with top tier security, still manages to get hacked and ddos'd. The matter of the fact is, you cannot protect yourself from this, all you can do is make it too troublesome for them to bother. At the end of the day though, if they want to do it then they can. Just accept it, and be glad Gizmo and co. actually tries to fix it. 3 Aliviax, Astariel and JulietteBathory reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 265 Posted May 17 One thing I learned that I didn't know is that during a DDoS attack like this on the game the forum goes down as well. Wouldn't it be better to have them in separate places/servers? 1 AndrewJ reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MissD 151 Posted May 17 1 hour ago, Doc said: One thing I learned that I didn't know is that during a DDoS attack like this on the game the forum goes down as well. Wouldn't it be better to have them in separate places/servers? As far as I understood they are: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruna 55 Posted May 18 14 hours ago, Doc said: One thing I learned that I didn't know is that during a DDoS attack like this on the game the forum goes down as well. Wouldn't it be better to have them in separate places/servers? The forums are hosted on a separate server. Also the game itself has a few servers hosting it. There is the login server, and the main server handling the game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorbinAngelo 21 Posted May 18 (edited) you can view all current DDoS attacks on a global scale here:https://www.digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=18398&view=map a few statistics about DDoS Edited May 18 by CorbinAngelo 1 Xizl reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 265 Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Cruna said: The forums are hosted on a separate server. Also the game itself has a few servers hosting it. There is the login server, and the main server handling the game Really? So the DDoS attack also killed the forum for a time on a different server too? Wow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moondance 48 Posted May 18 18 minutes ago, Doc said: Really? So the DDoS attack also killed the forum for a time on a different server too? Wow! It could have been separately targeted, and since its just basically a web page sent over https, cloudflare works to mitigate the attack . Hard to know without having specific info about the attack . Also sometimes separate servers sometimes use shared resources for basic functions like authentication, which would make an attack on one keep both down until the functions are separated, but no idea if that is what happened here. 1 Cruna reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mulan 187 Posted May 18 Some interesting reading on pages 8-10 which tells you what a DDoS attack is and how much it typically costs from the cybercriminal market. https://www.trendmicro.de/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-russian-underground-101.pdf It is a white paper from Trend Micro, the anti-virus and web security company, so the link is legit. 1 Stellania reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampixie 440 Posted May 18 At least we get daily updates on progress *insert heavily sarcastic tone here* 1 3 CorbinAngelo, mercer, Stellania and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stellania 619 Posted May 18 26 minutes ago, Mulan said: Some interesting reading on pages 8-10 which tells you what a DDoS attack is and how much it typically costs from the cybercriminal market. https://www.trendmicro.de/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-russian-underground-101.pdf It is a white paper from Trend Micro, the anti-virus and web security company, so the link is legit. Interesting read .. Thanks Mulan! 1 Mulan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mulan 187 Posted May 18 2 minutes ago, Stellania said: Interesting read .. Thanks Mulan! No worries my fellow nerd LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSx 0 Posted May 18 Does anyone know when 3dx works again. Or do i have something to change on my system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astariel 8 Posted May 18 3 minutes ago, TomSx said: Does anyone know when 3dx works again. Or do i have something to change on my system? No need to change anything on your system, we just need to wait Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Tyroon 209 Posted May 18 i need my drugs 3dxchat!!! 1 Swing reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorbinAngelo 21 Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Mulan said: which tells you what a DDoS attack is and how much it typically costs from the cybercriminal market. its funny how everybody talks about that 150 US$ ddos you can order on the deepweb, Yet many ddos attacks are being run from legit services that are way to easy to abuse for this kind of shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lux lnterior 200 Posted May 18 25 minutes ago, Mike Tyroon said: i need my drugs 3dxchat!!! Time to enjoy the cold turkey 1 Taniah reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mulan 187 Posted May 18 2 minutes ago, CorbinAngelo said: its funny how everybody talks about that 150 US$ ddos you can order on the deepweb, Yet many ddos attacks are being run from legit services that are way to easy to abuse for this kind of shit. Ummm okay. I wasn't claiming to be an expert, that is information from Trend Micro, one of the largest cyber security companies in the world which was linked from a page on that Digital Attack Map site that you posted. Also, it makes perfect sense. To actually ask a cybercriminal to start a DDoS attack on a site, you are not going to go to a "legit site" and use a credit card or PayPal unless you want to get caught or you are in a country where it is legal. Yes, hackers use bots (hacked computers of unsuspecting users) to run these attacks, but you are going to pay these criminals on the dark web with untraceable bitcoin using Tor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorbinAngelo 21 Posted May 18 6 minutes ago, Mulan said: Ummm okay. I wasn't claiming to be an expert, i didnt comment on you in person, just that article 🙂 sorry if it came over the wrong way. And its cool you posted that. 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caren 384 Posted May 18 Does anyone else have an issue where your access to the forum is randomly banned, please? Thank you! ❤ Caren Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampixie 440 Posted May 18 1 minute ago, Caren said: Does anyone else have an issue where your access to the forum is randomly banned, please? Thank you! ❤ Caren Yep. I was just banned for an hour... Reading on it, it seems to be connected to the ongoing DDoS issue. 1 Caren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MistressEvelynn 0 Posted May 18 I certainly hope they get the game back soon.My poor hubby's butt is getting so sore from being spanked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PAGOS 391 Posted May 18 (edited) For 24 hours... GTA 5 servers are down and not in the game, still not working I think Covid-19 is spread everywhere 🤢🤨😝 Edited May 18 by PAGOS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
