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rainy blues 12 hours ago

Steam status offline

Why am I getting offline status on friendlist ? anyone else having this issue tonight ?

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Hikari Light 12 hours ago

Steam and several other services have been getting hit by DDOS attacks recently.

xBCxRangers 12 hours ago

Originally posted by Hikari Light:
Steam and several other services have been getting hit by DDOS attacks recently.

Another one?

Mark F. Smith 8 hours ago

Originally posted by Hikari Light:
Steam and several other services have been getting hit by DDOS attacks recently.

I wonder the motive.

Haruspex 8 hours ago

Originally posted by Mark F. Smith:
Originally posted by Hikari Light:
Steam and several other services have been getting hit by DDOS attacks recently.
I wonder the motive.

Someone mentioned it's often an effort to demonstrate the effectiveness of a botnet to potential buyers. Steam is big and visible. It's a sales pitch, basically.