> JapanHacked_
[Resolved][Severity: Minor][DDoS]

Square Enix: a DDoS attack made FINAL FANTASY XIV's Japan data center hard to reach for about three hours

A flood of traffic hit the Japan data center of the online game FINAL FANTASY XIV, causing disconnects and login trouble.

Disclosed

2020-04-16

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

Network trouble from a DDoS attack lasted from about 10:43 p.m. on until about 1:35 a.m. on . [2]

Impact

Players could be disconnected from Worlds in the Japan data center or have trouble logging in and exchanging data. [1] [2]

Response

The company said it would keep working on defenses with its internet providers. [2]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected, Disclosed 2020-04-16
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

Method
[DDoS]
Impact
[Service outage]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Services hit

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]DDoS攻撃によるネットワーク障害発生のお知らせ(4/16)Square Enix · 2020-04-16
  2. [2][Official]DDoS攻撃によるネットワーク障害復旧のお知らせ(4/17)Square Enix · 2020-04-17