Skype has become a victim of DDoS-attacks, Steam will next
By Prempal Singh
June 19 in Europe and some US regions have been problems in the Skype service. Microsoft almost a day trying to restore it, but even after two days have been observed in Europe disruptions entering the account.
Microsoft has acknowledged the existence of these problems, but nothing has been said about their causes. Claimed by the hacker group CyberTeam, which has promised to soon do the same with other services. In Twitter June 19 there was a message in which this incident is described as “the beginning of a new era.” The next target of hackers should be a gaming platform Steam of Valve.
At the moment there is no confirmation of the involvement of CyberTeam, Skype could become a victim of DDoS-attacks. Microsoft evening of June 20 reported that soon will be released a service update. The developers have made changes to the configuration to reduce the harm and continued to monitor the situation.
Initially, Microsoft has a few hours after the start of interruptions said they were corrected. Some users at this moment can not send or receive messages or to log into their accounts. Many others have not observed such problems.