{"id":407598,"date":"2010-03-09T12:02:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=20186"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:49:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:49:55","slug":"ubisoft%e2%80%99s-drm-servers-were-down-because-of-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/407598","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft\u2019s DRM Servers Were Down Because of Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a \u201csomebody set up us the bomb<\/a>\u201d moment at Ubisoft. It could also have been an \u201cI told you so!\u201d moment from many anti-DRM factions. The diabolic DRM protection<\/a> server of Ubisoft that it launched for two games (Assassin\u2019s Creed II<\/em> and Silent Hunter 5<\/em>) had an outage for about six and a half hours, rendering both of them unplayable. Why? Because the games needed to be constantly authenticated via the DRM server while playing. So, denial of service from DRM server = no gameplay = sad (and eventually angered) gamers.<\/p>\n

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In a tweet<\/a>, Ubisoft apologized for the outage, claiming that it was due to an attack by (possibly, haha) hackers.<\/p>\n

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Apologies to anyone who couldn\u2019t play ACII or SH5 yesterday. Servers were attacked which limited service from 2:30pm to 9pm Paris time<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, this was only the beginning of their woes, as they handled yet another attack<\/a> on their servers today, that affected those who were trying to log in<\/a>. This just goes on to show that the hackers were definitely people against such outrageous DRM-protection on gaming.<\/p>\n

As for me, I\u2019ll just do a “bet t all<\/a>” and not buy any games that involve such pathetic DRM protection.<\/p>\n

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TAGS:<\/strong> DRM<\/a>, Gaming<\/a>, Server outage<\/a>, Ubisoft<\/a><\/span>
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\nUbisoft’s DRM Servers Were Down Because of Hackers<\/a> originally appeared on Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Kaushik Narasimhan on Tuesday 9th March 2010 12:02:52 PM. Please read the Terms of Use<\/a> for fair usage guidance. <\/div>\n

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