{"id":349616,"date":"2025-10-09T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=398274"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:45:46","slug":"if-you-have-experienced-failures-trying-to-connect-to-your-favorite-gaming-platforms-its-not-you-they-have-suffered-a-massive-ddos-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/if-you-have-experienced-failures-trying-to-connect-to-your-favorite-gaming-platforms-its-not-you-they-have-suffered-a-massive-ddos-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"If you have experienced failures trying to connect to your favorite gaming platforms, it&#039;s not you: they have suffered a massive DDoS attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sudden increase in failure reports from platforms like Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Riot Games, and Epic has sparked speculation about a possible massive DDoS attack. <strong>Downdetector&#8217;s records indicate that this spike in connectivity issues coincidentally occurred around 11 PM ET on October 6<\/strong>, leading analysts to link these incidents as part of the same phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Riot and Steam have taken the worst part<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riot Games, in particular, has confirmed that it has been facing intermittent network issues that have affected its popular game League of Legends and its shooter Valorant. <strong>In a statement, Riot spokesperson Joe Hixson mentioned that their team has been working to resolve these issues and that proactive measures have been taken to protect the player experience<\/strong>, including the temporary disabling of ranked queues in some regions and the implementation of compensations for lost rank points.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steam Deck: All-in-one portable PC gaming.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7_0SnbF_MhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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