EVE Online Server Offline Due To DDOS Attack
Just over an hour ago just over an hour ago, the EVE Online login and website servers became unresponsive and went offline. A Twitter user who claims to be the person responsible for the massive PSN downtime earlier this month claims credit for the EVE server failure. According to the user the DDOS is part of a series of attacks today that have also shut down the Minecraft login servers and The Escapist magazine's website.
CCP issued an Facebook and Twitter update, stating that the issue was under investigation. "EVE Online and related services are currently down and will be back when possible following investigation of some issues." CCP could not comment further on the outage however, it advises players to keep an eye on the EVE Twitter and Facebook feeds for further updates as they become available.