Hackers DDOS’d an entire country over a minecraft tournament

The only internet provider in Andorra suffered a series of DDoS attacks linked to a multi-day ‘Minecraft’ tournament

Since Friday the small European country of Andorra has been suffering internet outages due to a series of DDoS attacks that have been crippling the nation’s only internet service provider.

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The attacks seem to have been linked to an ongoing Twitch Rivals event, where 150 streamers from Spain, Latin America, and Andorra have been competing for $100,000 in a multi-day ‘Squid Game’-themed ‘Minecraft’ tournament. With over a million viewers, the event has become one of the most successful Twitch Rivals tournaments in history, but it seems not everyone got a fair chance.

www.rt.com/pop-culture/547207-andorra-twitch-minecraft-internet/

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