A major annual tournament Dota 2 followed by participants from various parts of the world, should be postponed for a while due to hacker attacks. This event took place in the World Championship and the Dota 2 plots Valve Software with a total of USD 18 million or approximately Rp 234 billion (USD 1 = Rp 13,000). As a result of team Evil Geniuses and compLexity Gaming recently competed in the first-half was forced to discontinue its home games for about 3jam attack Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), where the victim's servers are bombarded by traffic overload and thus making the USA (shut down).
This also affects the viewers who wish to watch the matches via Youtube, Steam, or the Twitch will experience disturbance even can not see it at all.
A DDOS is a rudimentary form of hack where people overwhelm a given server with a gigantic number of false requests, rendering it unable to respond. DDOS attacks and other Internet tomfoolery are a an unfortunate side effect of video games in general: virtual vandals have a habit of knocking down everything from smaller PC games to PSN and Xbox Live. Video games have an outsize presence amongst the young and internet-savvy, making them an ideal, if monumentally annoying, target for coordinated groups and lone actors alike.
The attack allegedly took place because of the number of gifts given are so fantastic. Total prize worth 18.000.000 USD not only from sponsors, too, but some also come from the players own Dota 2. Valve using a system like a ticket for who wants to watch the match live, by buying the item named "The Compendium" that can be purchased at the online store's Dota 2.
