Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again

[PhunkyPhazon]

I bought AC2.... I have now cracked it.

Alright, I'm caving into curiosity. Does the crack actually work fine?

I think this place bans peeps for discussing pirating. So you will understand if I dont go into detail.

Suffice to say I only pirate games that I feel have jilted me, and in the long run I ussually buy them anyway for the MP. But what I thought would be a tolerable DRM solution has ended up being a the freaking travesty of the year.

It's not piracy if you've bought it and just downloaded the crack.

Heck, if you ask me that isn't piracy at all.

Yes, some of the earlier ones were not perfect for example story points not activating at the right spots but the latter ones work perfectly.
...

Or so I have heard. <.<
*flee*

Gold. Pure gold.

Off Topic: I clicked that forum link given in the article. One thread in particular caught my eye. I've seen sheep before, but wow. Just wow. [http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4721051016/m/1801034838] Anyone who honestly thinks that this DRM-scratch that, ANY DRM actually helps against piracy clearly doesn't know a single god damn thing about piracy.

 

[GiantRedButton]

I am really on the fence about this. This is terrible for consumers - like, really terrible for consumers, and it's malicious users rather than ubi that are directly at fault for it.


-m

If a bunch of DDos kiddys can simply shut down the service Ubisoft got payed for, Ubisoft is at fault.
People would still demand their money back when Blizzard would suddently decide to gimp their servers security and allow hackers to shut down theit wow servers.
Implementing this kind of monitoring and Drm software is a bad idea if your company is not capable to setup servers for it. Most major fansites suffer from script-kiddy attacks and are able to protect their servers. DDos attacks and other hacking attempts are common in this business and not a special problem Ubisoft has for pissing of gamers.
Ubisoft never had much to do with big only games, so they would have needed to hire the extra security specialists. Seems like they rather saved some cash.

 

[Dorkmaster Flek]

Man, I feel bad for the people who actually bought the games and can't play them. But damn, I really hope this keeps happening. It's really shining the spotlight on the absurdity of this scheme.

 

[BonerMacTittyPants]

I fully support whoever is attacking Ubi.

And that may be everyone who bought AC2, since they're just blaming hackers for their incompetence. I bet it's just an overload.

Go to hell Ubisoft.

 

[ark123]

No matter who did it, it's Ubi's fault.
If their servers aren't secure enough, it's their fault.
If they pissed off so many people that they broke into their nigh-impregnable servers, it's their fault.
If it just went down because of too many people, it's their fault.

Just admit you overreacted to the piracy numbers, release the patch that makes this stupid DRM go away and lets us save locally, and people will stop hacking your servers. It'll stop the attacks, but this will always be cited as an example of a bad idea leading to it's logical conclusion in gaming.

 

[Matt_LRR]

I am really on the fence about this. This is terrible for consumers - like, really terrible for consumers, and it's malicious users rather than ubi that are directly at fault for it.


-m

If a bunch of DDos kiddys can simply shut down the service Ubisoft got payed for, Ubisoft is at fault.
People would still demand their money back when Blizzard would suddently decide to gimp their servers security and allow hackers to shut down theit wow servers.

Which is why I used a qualifier in my sentence. Specifically, the word "directly". I wasn't absolving Ubi of responsibilty. in fact, if you'd read the rest of my post, I said that Ubi was "asking for this" and that I wanted it to hurt their bottom line so that they would undo the things that brought this on.

That doesn't change the fact that it is a bunch of malicious users that are ACTIVELY ruining the game for everyone else, and that, in their absence, the game would be working as planned.

-m

 

[Nimbus]

*Slow, sarcastic applause*

I really hope this keeps happening. It's just too funny to stop now.

 

[guardian001]

I think it's less likely that their servers are being attacked and more likely that they didn't realize exactly how many people would be trying to log into their servers at any given time...

Still, I suppose it is possible they're legitimately under attack. Either way, if it'll make them shut the DRM off, I'm all for it.

Actually, come to think of it, if somebody can DDoS this server to oblivion, I doubt it's even capable of supporting the people playing the game...

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

Must be Templars trying to censor AC2.

This. ftw

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

That doesn't change the fact that it is a bunch of malicious users that are ACTIVELY ruining the game for everyone else, and that, in their absence, the game would be working as planned.

-m

Reported "fact". We only really have Ubisoft's word for it. This is Ubisoft's second explanation for the failure.

Not saying it isn't some script-kiddies, but surely Ubi are smart enough to predict a Pirate Galleon?

 

[Vuljatar]

"Attack", huh? Right.

Ubisoft disgusts me. I already own Assassin's Creed 2 for the 360 (bought it secondhand ftw), but I'm going to torrent it just for the hell of it.

 

[Eggsnham]

Oh my god, I LOVE THIS!!! This is like watching a bad train wreck over and over again, with the conductor blaming his bad engineering on the passengers. I may not be able to play AC2 on my computer, but this sure as hell ain't bad entertainment either.

Agreed, can you say denial.

 

[mikecoulter]

I'm pretty sure Ubi have got the point now. They should have made better precautions against this kind of attack really. They should have expected it.

 

[Jonny49]

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

 

[Sebenko]

Oh my god, I LOVE THIS!!! This is like watching a bad train wreck over and over again, with the conductor blaming his bad engineering on the passengers.

Single best description of DRM ever.

Seriously, we don't even need to discuss it anymore.

Also your avatar is hypnotic.

Agreed. This description entertains me, and yes, that avatar is... hypno... tiiicccc...

Edit: Also, a train wreck caused by the track being torn up into a roller coaster shape, then the driver being warned by the passengers repeatedly, with most of them getting off at the first station when they saw the torn up tracks. I'm thinking about this too much.

 

[Wakefield]

Please. If this is an attack, keep it up. Down with DRM!

 

[Matt_LRR]

That doesn't change the fact that it is a bunch of malicious users that are ACTIVELY ruining the game for everyone else, and that, in their absence, the game would be working as planned.

-m

Reported "fact". We only really have Ubisoft's word for it. This is Ubisoft's second explanation for the failure.

Not saying it isn't some script-kiddies, but surely Ubi are smart enough to predict a Pirate Galleon?

Granted. That they are under attack is something we have to take on Ubi's word. That said, commenting on this particular story, and given the details we have on hand, it's incredibly pedantic to be making that differentiation.

-m

 

[Angerwing]

Off Topic: I clicked that forum link given in the article. One thread in particular caught my eye. I've seen sheep before, but wow. Just wow. [http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4721051016/m/1801034838] Anyone who honestly thinks that this DRM-scratch that, ANY DRM actually helps against piracy clearly doesn't know a single god damn thing about piracy.

the drm dosnt hurt the consumer it hurt the pirate. it proctects consumer from pirate other wsie game would be unplayable due to the piarates ruing everyithing for everyone. youre understanig of how drm work is flawed and need o stody up more

Oh. Sweet. Jesus. This cannot actually be a real quote. It is so wrong it feels like a troll.

OT: I think the words everyone is looking for are "I told you so."

 

[GiantRedButton]

That doesn't change the fact that it is a bunch of malicious users that are ACTIVELY ruining the game for everyone else, and that, in their absence, the game would be working as planned.

-m

I read the rest of your post. The point that had to be made clear is that People attempting to hack a companies server is business as usual. It´s not like this just happened because Ubisoft attracted especially malicious Users.

I didn`t quote the rest of your post because I think that this point really can`t be argued.