Hey guys,

Apologies for the unscheduled downtime that Tranquility is experiencing tonight.

Our services have been the target of a DDoS attack this evening, and we're currently working on rectifying the situation and making sure that everything comes back online okay.

We apologize for the interruption in service, and we hope to have things back online soon.

Thanks for your patience.

Our services have been the target of a DDoS attack this evening, and we're currently working on rectifying the situation and making sure that everything comes back online okay.

I got disconnected and ship exploded because I wasn't around to turn on my modules

Keep up the good work!

Sorry to see you guys having to work on this day.

/c

What did you do wrong this year to be the one locked in the office trying to stop the servers melting while everyone else is drunk and at parties? I feel bad for you, I remember being in the same position :-(

What did you do wrong this year to be the one locked in the office trying to stop the servers melting while everyone else is drunk and at parties? I feel bad for you, I remember being in the same position :-(

What did you do wrong this year to be the one locked in the office trying to stop the servers melting while everyone else is drunk and at parties? I feel bad for you, I remember being in the same position :-(

how much free SP are we getting?

I'm sure the guys in London are working just as hard. Have a little gratitude.

I got disconnected and ship exploded because I wasn't around to turn on my modules

Hopefully none.

We have guys from all our offices, and at our datacenter working when stuff like this happens.

Our operations and security guys tend to be the unsung heroes when we have issues with Tranquility, because they work non-stop to get issues resolved behind the scenes.

I <3 them.

Please contact Customer Support by filing a support ticket!

Hey guys,

Apologies for the unscheduled downtime that Tranquility is experiencing tonight.

Our services have been the target of a DDoS attack this evening, and we're currently working on rectifying the situation and making sure that everything comes back online okay.

We apologize for the interruption in service, and we hope to have things back online soon.

Thanks for your patience.

I was going to have more drinks tonight... I've been drinking since 10am this morning, but sadly that's off the cards now.

EVE, and you guys take priority when this happens.

Again?
Get some security.

Again?
Get some security.

Are people able to log in? my launcher goes into offline mode with Tranquility server: Status unknown

Hey CCP Falcon !

The launcher isn't working.
There aren't any more people logging in.

http://eve-offline.net says 2.5k players.
Stable. Not increasing.

edit: finally more people are coming in.


There are only SIXTEEN PEOPLE IN HEK ! -.-

Cheers! \o

.

my eve.exe file starts the launcher.

This situation reminds me of a situation I encounter ingame...


The DDos guys cannot be found and they are griefing CCP....


CCP this is how it feels to have a cloaky camper in your system!!

And i bet they do this while AFK!!!

Which is my only problem with cloaky camping.

no not literally on me! now I am all wet!.. shesh..

Thank you, CCP! Happy New Year!

Who did the DDOS? I don't know and I don't care, they're nobodies.

Kudos to CCP for the fast response to those jerks.

Again?
Get some security.

So who's station was to come out of reinforcement this time?

[quote=Otto VanNavita]This situation reminds me of a situation I encounter ingame...


The DDos guys cannot be found and they are griefing CCP....[

We have guys from all our offices, and at our datacenter working when stuff like this happens.

Our operations and security guys tend to be the unsung heroes when we have issues with Tranquility, because they work non-stop to get issues resolved behind the scenes.

I <3 them.

No thought behind it, no valid reasoning. At least with lulzsec there was some grand idea behind it, even though they fcked it up. These clowns just didn't get enough attention from their step fathers. Terrible morons costing people and businesses lots of money and work.

Quite pathetic.

Sorry for the newb question but I am no where near a computer programer or frankly that understanding of programs. but what is a DDos attack? is it 12 year olds with hammers putting a virus into the game?

I just don't understand the lingo is all Thanks in advance


and I do appreciate the work you Devs are putting in!
when you get done have a drink and give a cheer!

I wish I knew where that prebuscent derp lived... I'd come over and bully his sorry acne infested face around for a few hours before I shoved his head into the toilet and flushed it... then shove him into a locker and put insinuating comments on his locker door in lipstick... pink lipstick...

Sorry for the newb question but I am no where near a computer programer or frankly that understanding of programs. but what is a DDos attack? is it 12 year olds with hammers putting a virus into the game?

I just don't understand the lingo is all Thanks in advance


and I do appreciate the work you Devs are putting in!
when you get done have a drink and give a cheer!

I don't know much about how this kind of thing happens. I would be grateful if someone, preferably someone who actually knows something about computers and the internet rather than speculative rubbish, could answer the following questions for me? I'm interested to know.

1. Why can't these people be traced/arrested?

2. These people clearly crave attention: why has Twitter not shut down their Twitter account/been forced to shut it down? It's there for everyone to see for christ sake and they've been posting for ages on it.


Thanks

This is a DDoS Distribuited Denial of Service. There is almost nothing you can do with security equipment inside your data centre to defend against it.

Tranquility is now fully back online and accepting connections.

We apologize for the unexpected downtime due to these shenanigans.

Happy New Year, everyone.

<3<3<3

Sorry for the newb question but I am no where near a computer programer or frankly that understanding of programs. but what is a DDos attack? is it 12 year olds with hammers putting a virus into the game?

I just don't understand the lingo is all Thanks in advance


and I do appreciate the work you Devs are putting in!
when you get done have a drink and give a cheer!

Tranquility is now fully back online and accepting connections.

We apologize for the unexpected downtime due to these shenanigans.

Happy New Year, everyone.

<3<3<3

I don't know much about how this kind of thing happens. I would be grateful if someone, preferably someone who actually knows something about computers and the internet rather than speculative rubbish, could answer the following questions for me? I'm interested to know.

1. Why can't these people be traced/arrested?

2. These people clearly crave attention: why has Twitter not shut down their Twitter account/been forced to shut it down? It's there for everyone to see for christ sake and they've been posting for ages on it.


Thanks

I don't know much about how this kind of thing happens. I would be grateful if someone, preferably someone who actually knows something about computers and the internet rather than speculative rubbish, could answer the following questions for me? I'm interested to know.

1. Why can't these people be traced/arrested?

2. These people clearly crave attention: why has Twitter not shut down their Twitter account/been forced to shut it down? It's there for everyone to see for christ sake and they've been posting for ages on it.


Thanks

Tranquility is now fully back online and accepting connections.

We apologize for the unexpected downtime due to these shenanigans.

Happy New Year, everyone.

<3<3<3

Tranquility is now fully back online and accepting connections.

We apologize for the unexpected downtime due to these shenanigans.

Happy New Year, everyone.

<3<3<3

Please don't. I don't want another round of media frenzy over video game violence.

Say since Somer did/does RMT and they have users in Texas
Can it be said that the damages caused by this DDOS constitute a terrorist action under -º 22.07

Tranquility is now fully back online and accepting connections.

We apologize for the unexpected downtime due to these shenanigans.

Happy New Year, everyone.

<3<3<3

The first wave was at 20:27, mitigated at 20:57. Second wave was at 21:24, partially mitigated at 21:48 and fully mitigated at 22:39.

I log in get to game and lose the socket ..nice fix. And by the way. . My computer is now screwed.. Happy. F .... Newyear

Thankfully I've got a bottle of Johnnie Walker on my desk to keep me company, although it's vanishing fast.

This was a fun read. Someone lolz ganked CCP/EVE and we get a thread with some thoughtful mature commenters but also a lot of whine/rage. And some people wanted their ships back. Maybe some were even in the middle of ganking and died. Doh!

This is EVE.
I am sure the DDoS gankers thought your tears were delicious.
HTFU

Keep up the good work!

Sorry to see you guys having to work on this day.

/c

I'm sure the guys in London are working just as hard. Have a little gratitude.

I wish I knew where that prebuscent derp lived... I'd come over and bully his sorry acne infested face around for a few hours before I shoved his head into the toilet and flushed it... then shove him into a locker and put insinuating comments on his locker door in lipstick... pink lipstick...

then again...

he probably just needs a hug.... you'd be surprised what people do when they lack that one little human interaction in their daily lives.

Now my client reports Awesomium.dll as incorrect.

I`ve repaired client several times, after every repair..a new patch is created, and the same error is reported.
...

They probably just need a hug.

Here's some info on the recent DDOS attack:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/31/opinion-twitch-and-popular-streamer-should-answer-for-server-outages.aspx

GÇ£IGÇÖm sure thereGÇÖs an argument out there about why didnGÇÖt I just stop,GÇ¥ Varga says in a follow-up video (Timestamp: 41 minutes). GÇ£What people have to realize is that this is a job. I am in charge of a business so to speak. When this business is doing its best and breaking records, you donGÇÖt really stop. I was going to hit a record and I was excited. ItGÇÖs so cool, and you guys were all there with me. It was big."

Wow. PhantomL0rd is an idiot.


He won't have that business for long and I'll be very surprised if he receives any revenue from his DDOS stream. Not when Twitch can keep all that money for themselves.

I log in get to game and lose the socket ..nice fix. And by the way. . My computer is now screwed.. Happy. F .... Newyear

Given that Twitch knowingly allowed a channel to encourage this attack - I hope CCP is dropping their integration in a patch ASAP.

I agree that Twitch should have taken down his channel as soon as they knew what was happening there. But when did Twitch find out ?

For those experiencing connection difficulties:

The reason you're unable to connect is likely due to DDoS mitigation techniques used by CCP's upstream network service provider. A DDoS is defined as sending extremely large quantities of garbage to a destination but, fortunately, said garbage is very easy to detect if you look for the right pattern (ESPECIALLY the application these "hackers" used). The challenge is what is to be done once said pattern is detected, and the only thing really an NSP can do is add a simple rule that says "WHEN IP = [range] THEN Forward traffic to 0.0.0.0" which tells the high-speed router to simply discard said traffic when the IP matches. Generally a separate machine will "sniff" some of the traffic moving through and tell the router to add rules matching those garbage characteristics, but there is lag time as the analyzer can only handle so much traffic.

Quite often traffic will come from similar IPs such as 40.40.40.1 and 40.40.40.10 so the software, detecting this, in the interest of speed, will just add one rule to match the range instead of 10 rules matching each. A lot of times entire business networks can be compromised, so this is often the case, more so than residential connections, so as a network analyst is is common to see floods coming from 200,300,500 consecutive IPs.

What this means for you is you may have issues for another few hours, until this garbage traffic from similar and close IPs ceases. I've heard that the FBI did countermand the botnets' command and control network (cutting the head off the chicken so to speak), meaning it shouldn't be much longer until the straggler machines still flooding CCPs servers withouut instructions from thhe C&C network stop sending garbage (when Granny's comp is restarted for example).

If you're handy with computers, you could try and force a release/renew on your router to try and mitigate this. This generally will give you a new IP. DSL customers? Just power-cycle your modem.

New Information

Before doing that, open command prompt inn Administrator mode and type "ipconfig /flushdns"

If this all still fails, go yell at your ISP for cheaping out and breaking Internet conventions on DNS time-to-live.

Same problem here (East Coast , Australia). Cannot even ping the cluster, trace route dies @ 199.16.95.146

Is our personal account/login details safe from being captured by "zombie servers" as the rumors have put it?
Because is a point of concern for me.

They probably just need a hug.

Do you guys know, how long can it last yet? For more than twelve hours I can play, yes - but not more as five minutes, after that my client crashes.

This idiot from stream slightly looks like Mad. Are they all the same?

They must be a bunch basement dwelling losers! Who does this kind of stuff!!! I mean really! WTH?!?!

http://i.imgur.com/CIIXlnl.gif

Guys, don't watch such streams, don't support those fa**ots with visits on their pages.

I am hearing rumours on various news sites covering this that the DDOS may have been cover for stealing login details...can someone from CCP tell us if we should alter our login details or not?

I am hearing rumours on various news sites covering this that the DDOS may have been cover for stealing login details...can someone from CCP tell us if we should alter our login details or not?

I was going to have more drinks tonight... I've been drinking since 10am this morning, but sadly that's off the cards now.

EVE, and you guys take priority when this happens.

Wait, we had a drunk dev in charge of the servers for a while?

References please.

A security expert on staff pointed out that the Lulzsec DDoS campaign was used to cover larger breaches into affected systems (although CCP was not breached), and that this new attack could be similar cover for an attempt to gain user data, including login names and passwords.

Do you guys know, how long can it last yet? For more than twelve hours I can play, yes - but not more as five minutes, after that my client crashes.

This idiot from stream slightly looks like Mad. Are they all the same?

They must be a bunch basement dwelling losers! Who does this kind of stuff!!! I mean really! WTH?!?!

http://i.imgur.com/CIIXlnl.gif

Of course we all know why they are doing it.

To harvest precious tears.

I don't think so. DDoS is a sort of business and has its own black market of services. These ddosers either worked for someone who paid them, or tried to advertise themselves to wider audience (to receive more orders in the future).

When was the last time your credit card info was stolen from CCP?