A DDoS attack is making it difficult for Diablo 4 players and fans of other Blizzard games to connect online.
"We're currently investigating an issue affecting our authentication servers, which may result in failed or slow login attempts," Blizzard explained via notices published on its social media channels.
In a subsequent tweet added two hours later, Blizzard added: "We continue to actively monitor an ongoing DDOS attack which is affecting latency/connections to our games."
[#Bnet] We continue to actively monitor an ongoing DDOS attack which is affecting latency/connections to our games.June 25, 2023
Right now, it seems the issue is affecting most games in Blizzard's portfolio, as well as Battle.net and in-game stores, too. Despite sharing an update, Blizzard stopped short of detailing when it hopes the issue will be resolved, and the connectivity issues still persist at the time of writing.
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