DDOS Attacks Buckle Blizzard Servers for Diablo III, Hearthstone & More

[Kahani]

Changing your region is difficult now. I decided to try and log back into my Battle.net account after several years of not using it and discovered that my region was Taiwan. I can't remember why I chose Taiwan, I guess I was back when I was living in China and wanted to play WoW.
Anyway, I tried to change it to Europe but couldn't. Now you have to send them identification and proof of your current address. So I actually had to send a copy of my passport and a bill which displayed an address.

:-\

I can understand why they have such security measures, but it's annoying all the same.

I somehow managed to have my region set as America when they decided to merge everything into the shitty Battlenet launcher. I changed it by pressing the "change region" button and choosing Europe. I don't know who you sent all your personal information to, but unless they have very different rules for China it probably wasn't Blizzard.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I suspect mostly because why not, and sometimes as a protest/to make a point.

 

[Li Mu]

I somehow managed to have my region set as America when they decided to merge everything into the shitty Battlenet launcher. I changed it by pressing the "change region" button and choosing Europe. I don't know who you sent all your personal information to, but unless they have very different rules for China it probably wasn't Blizzard.

It is the legit Blizz battle.net site. I can only assume that it's due to me previously being registered in China.

This is the reply they just sent me;

Good evening Li Mu,

I'm afraid that your editing of the document has meant we cannot accept it as we cannot confirm the validity of your passport, also the address document provided is not acceptable as proof of address.

As you wish to change the country that is registered on the account please provide the following information in the form of a text document file (e.g. a Notepad or Word document), as an attachment to your reply:

- Your account name (please do NOT send us your password)
- Your full real name
- Your full address including postal or zip code currently registered on the account
- Your Battle.net Secret Question and answer (Your city of birth?)
- Country information you want registered on your Battle.net account

We also need:

- A valid proof of residence in the form of a single piece of legal identification which has your new address on the ID itself
OR
- Legal identification without address on the ID (such as a passport or driving license) and a separate image of utility bill for your new address.

Please keep in mind that in accordance with European data protection laws, ID?s and documents submitted to us are automatically deleted after resolving your issue. For any future requests it might be necessary to re-submit the images to us.

After receiving the requested information, we will update the country on your account and inform you of the changes made.

I edited out my passport number, so they now wont accept it as a real document. Fuck them. I'm not sending them all my passport details. I just wont play Blizz games anymore. Nothing of value was lost.

 

[ecoho]

DDoS attacks are, to me, the online equivalent of vandalism. And just like in real life, some acts of vandalism happen "because fuck that guy", and some "because fuck it, why not".

DDoS attacs are, according to German courts, a type of protest of standing in front of stores doors blocking the passage. According to every other country "messing with corporations = your in jail kid".

Not if the attacks impacted the infrastructure in your region. Then all internet traffic would be shit for you.

This isnt NSA ddosing Torkey. If the DDoS of Blizzard servers inpacted your infrastructure, then its a bloody shitty infrastructure that should be changed. ISP have way more bandwitch than it takes to DDoS a server. even a blizzard one.

.......these people do know theyre attacking the one company that's got the time, money, and butt hurtatude (yes I just made that word up) to go after them full force and completely destroy them right? just checking.

US military failed to go after them. what makes you think blizzard is capable?

three things;
1. the US military doesn't have the time or the money to waste on little pricks like this.(in other words the military just doesn't have time to mess with trolls when they have real problems.)
2. the head of activision/blizzard isn't one to let things go, and he ahs the money to keep going at this by himself.
3. finally corporations are far more likely to not give a dam were someone's from or were they go as they don't have to worry about starting wars and such can just say fuck you and hire people to grab the guy and get him to court house.(long standing rule of thumb the justice system doesn't care how someone gets into the country if they are the culprits of a crime. That's every country by the way.)

 

[Strazdas]

three things;
1. the US military doesn't have the time or the money to waste on little pricks like this.(in other words the military just doesn't have time to mess with trolls when they have real problems.)
2. the head of activision/blizzard isn't one to let things go, and he ahs the money to keep going at this by himself.
3. finally corporations are far more likely to not give a dam were someone's from or were they go as they don't have to worry about starting wars and such can just say fuck you and hire people to grab the guy and get him to court house.(long standing rule of thumb the justice system doesn't care how someone gets into the country if they are the culprits of a crime. That's every country by the way.)

1. Oh, they went all over Anonymous when it threatened them. And failed. One dude that got arrested didnt even DDoS, merely moderated the DDoSers irc channel. The DDoSers got away free.
2. He can have all the money in the world. He does not have the means to go after them.
3. For that they first need to find them.

 

[ecoho]

three things;
1. the US military doesn't have the time or the money to waste on little pricks like this.(in other words the military just doesn't have time to mess with trolls when they have real problems.)
2. the head of activision/blizzard isn't one to let things go, and he ahs the money to keep going at this by himself.
3. finally corporations are far more likely to not give a dam were someone's from or were they go as they don't have to worry about starting wars and such can just say fuck you and hire people to grab the guy and get him to court house.(long standing rule of thumb the justice system doesn't care how someone gets into the country if they are the culprits of a crime. That's every country by the way.)

1. Oh, they went all over Anonymous when it threatened them. And failed. One dude that got arrested didnt even DDoS, merely moderated the DDoSers irc channel. The DDoSers got away free.
2. He can have all the money in the world. He does not have the means to go after them.
3. For that they first need to find them.

1.wasn't the US military it was the FBI the military prefers to just um neutralize problems not arrest them.

2. money means one can buy people to track the idiots down and give them the location to send 3. you forget as well that as a major video game company that runs a lot of online components that they tend to hire the best to keep their company safe as such these guys tend to be invested in catching people who make them look stupid IE these idiots.

 

[Strazdas]

1.wasn't the US military it was the FBI the military prefers to just um neutralize problems not arrest them.

2. money means one can buy people to track the idiots down and give them the location to send 3. you forget as well that as a major video game company that runs a lot of online components that they tend to hire the best to keep their company safe as such these guys tend to be invested in catching people who make them look stupid IE these idiots.

1. FBI wanted the arrest,but military was going after them because it was their stuff that got attacked.

2. Money can buy a lot. Magic they cannot do.

3. Majority of vidoe games companies online component security sucks. For example Ubisoft servers were compromised on day one and their server algorythms leaked to the web. Meanwhile quite recently EA servers were compromised to seed spyware to its users. Heck, remmember when Paypal was suing for damages because it was hacked and thus "had expenditure of needing to improve security" and the court decided that somone else should pay that, because paypal was under no obligation to invest into security themselves.
The thing about online games servers not bineg hacked often is not good security, its that real hackers dont really care about your MMO account.

You know who hires the best specialists? banks. they hire folks who were on trial for hacking pentagon servers, thats actually how these guys got out of jail, bank struck a deal with justice system. it was big news here locally since the hacker was from my city. Banks are the badasses when it comes to security. That and perhaps the military.