Minecraft game tournaments were attacked by DDoS, affecting the and national Andorran network

IT House January 24 news, according to foreign media tomshardware news, Twitch platform held a multi-day "Minecraft" Minecraft game tournament. This online event is inspired by the TV series "Squid Game", where the player plays a game character who needs to complete a series of missions to break through, eliminate layer by layer, and finally win.

During the competition, Andorra Telecom, the only telecommunications operator in the Principality of Andorra, suffered a DDoS cyberattack that dropped more than 8 of the country's entrants and disqualified them from playing. The country's participants have undergone a process of repeated disconnection and reconnection, and foreign media speculate that the attackers' move is to eliminate more players to win up to $100,000 in championship prizes.

Minecraft' SquidCraft Games event is highly anticipated overseas, with a maximum rating of over 1 million on the Twitch platform and a prize pool of $100,000, and will finish this Tuesday local time.

This DDoS attack affected not only game participants, but also the Network in Andorra. Within an hour of the attack, the country's telecommunications company announced that the network had returned to normal. However, the eliminated game participants did not rejoin almost.

IT House understands that the SquidCraft Games competition is currently underway and has been going on for 6 days. As of press time, there are 42 players left. An investigative report on the DDoS attack is expected to be released in the future to find the attacker.