Prolexic Reveals the Tainted World of Multiplayer Video Games and Denial of Service Attacks

Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today detailed the rampant problem of denial of service attacks within and from online gaming communities. The DDoS attacks, which can pack a powerful punch by the use of reflection and amplification (DrDoS) techniques, have been used against other gamers, gaming platforms and even third party targets such as financial services and other non-gaming businesses.