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Today's Steam Outage May Have Been Part of a Massive DDoS Attack Targeting Xbox, PlayStation, Riot, and Other Game Companies

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News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. Over the last few days, thousands of players from around the world reported falls, disconnections and connection problems on several of the most popular platforms and games on the planet. Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Riot Games titles and even Fortnite were affected by what all points to be a massive DDoS attack. Simultaneous falls on Steam and Epic Games Store O…

At the beginning of the week, chaos was going on: Steam, Xbox, PlayStation and Riot Games had to deal with disruptions at times. Many players reported problems, and it's still unclear how big the damage really was. Could be a massive DDoS attack...

In recent days, players have been experiencing falls and disconnections, both from the platforms where they play and from several video games. Here we are not talking about little-known games, but rather the opposite, as they include some of the most played games in the world. In addition, the problem has not only affected PC players, but console players have also had problems. It turns out that a massive DDoS attack has been detected targeting …

Yesterday there was a well-timed failure of the popular Spie leplattform Steam. Suddenly millions of gamers could no longer register or acquire games. Likely, a DDoS attack is behind the failure, which probably also met other services. (Read more)

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Destructoid broke the news in on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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