Fresh Wave of DDoS Attacks Batters Online Poker Industry Fresh Wave of DDoS Attacks Batters Online Poker Industry
Key Takeaways
  • A DDoS attack has succeeded in disrupting the service of partypoker.
  • GG Network also suffered from an attack, at a similar time.
  • 888 has suffered downtime, though no reason has been given.
  • Last year, eight out of the top ten online poker networks were hit with attacks.

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack has succeeded in disrupting the service of partypoker this month, and a similar attack was reported on GG Network. 888poker has also experienced service disruption.

It comes a year after the last industry-wide attacks which impacted eight of the world’s top ten online poker networks.

The DDoS attack on partypoker, which would have flown under the radar of most people due to no official communication from the site, was confirmed by GVC spokesperson Rob Yong.

He condemned the attacks on Twitter in response to a player complaint.