Activision Blizzard

ACTIVISION Blizzard was hit with a cyberattack.

It caused wide-scale connectivity issues during the launch of Overwatch 2 video game.

The company was experiencing a mass DDoS attack on its servers.

Teams were working on server issues and were humbled by the excitement of players.

Source: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/activision-blizzards-overwatch-2-hit-with-cyberattack-at-launch

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/activision-blizzard

"id": "act225921122",
"linkid": "activision-blizzard",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Gaming',
                        'name': 'ACTIVISION Blizzard',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)',
 'description': 'ACTIVISION Blizzard was hit with a mass DDoS attack on its '
                'servers, causing wide-scale connectivity issues during the '
                'launch of Overwatch 2 video game.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Wide-scale connectivity issues',
            'operational_impact': 'Server issues',
            'systems_affected': 'Servers'},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Teams were working on server issues'},
 'title': 'DDoS Attack on ACTIVISION Blizzard During Overwatch 2 Launch',
 'type': 'DDoS Attack'}