Security News > 2020 > January > Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play
These guys aren't just launching attacks that kick all players on a targeted server out of a game, or degrade the game performance down to sludge, Ubisoft alleges.
Defendants are well aware of the harm that the DDoS Services and DDoS Attacks cause to Ubisoft.
Ubisoft picked up on an increase in DDoS attacks in September 2019, banned the worst offenders, and said that it was talking to its legal team about legal action.
The operators of the services not only named their offerings using Rainbow Six Siege references; they've also "Gone out of their way" to taunt Ubisoft support, the complaint notes.
The complaint included a screenshot of a tweet that mocked Ubisoft's security efforts, including the company's efforts to ban users of the DDoS services.