If you get big enough, that target just becomes more visible and more tempting to people who don't sweat the fallout, they just want to try and own things for lulz. Plus, Extra life takes donations through PayPal and Amazon Pay, which have not been hurt by the attack. I'd say its reduced to 30% uptime. And this year, November 2nd had been scheduled to be a major donation drive by way of the Extra Life gaming marathon to raise money to support Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Please read this important note from Jeromy: I simply don't get some people to be honest, fellow GAFfers. Chain Chronicle is the love child of the legendary Sega and Gumi, creator of the popular app, Brave Frontier. From video games to board games, Extra Lifers do what they love to raise money for CMN Hospitals.

Extra Life charity struck by DDoS attack during fundraising event, post on the charity organization’s Facebook page, much in the way runners and walk-a-thons raise money for charity. Please visit http://t.co/nZaiqoy0Ha for details. Are they positive it's malicious? UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Supporters can also donate to their local member hospital at Extra-life.org/donate. You deserve better than this. You must log in or register to reply here. This is just sickening. “Extra-Life.org was the victim of attacks throughout and after the 25-hour event, taking it down intermittently,” said Todd Levy, managing partner at … I realize it’s possible I’m the last guy to know what a DDoS is, lol. What that meant for donors and Extra Life participants is their fundraising pages and donation forms became unavailable for most of Saturday, November 2, one of Extra Life’s key fundraising days. Horrible thing to do if it's true. Basically, imagine having a call center. That's pretty fucking low. UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Now, to help rekindle his lost love, Phillip has taken to writing for TheGamer.com. They are continuing to monitor site activity and working hard on resolving issues as a result of the DDoS. The place can only take so many callers at once. The full post on the Extra Life Facebook page read as follows: UPDATE: the cause of our downtime has been determined, Extra Life was subjected to a DDoS attack. Be ready to make up for lost time and share the news when we go live! The best news source for online games and the premier Multiplayer, MMORPG, and MOBA directory of the web. https://t.co/2ehni7Jz9a pic.twitter.com/QQ6fiqdAFK. Last year, the streaming event raised $8.8 million for charity. DonorDrive is working to identify duplicate donations and has begun refunding those identified charges. By Phillip Moyer Nov 03, 2019 Somebody, somewhere, decided that a charity event that donates money to help sick children is worth trying to take down. The last thing they need is more traffic. It’s no secret that you all are the best dang gaming community to exist on planet Earth! Note: participant thermometers might take some time to update with the new amounts. “Extra-Life.org was the victim of attacks throughout and after the 25-hour event, taking it down intermittently,” said Todd Levy, managing partner at DonorDrive. I'm seeing a lot more attention for EL than last year - is the possible they're just not anticipating the heavy attention? The last thing they need is more traffic. — Extra Life (@ExtraLife4Kids) November 2, 2013. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Whoever would do this is deranged. Donors visiting and donating to participants on extra-life.org on Saturday, November 2, may have been charged multiple times if the donor initiated a sequential donation after first receiving an error on our site during the time our fundraising portal, DonorDrive, was experiencing issues. Keep trying your pages and keep being patient as we work through a nasty DDoS attack. “Extra-Life.org was the victim of attacks throughout and after the 25-hour event, taking it down intermittently,” said Todd Levy, managing partner at DonorDrive. It’s unclear how the cause was determined to be a DDoS attack. What fucking assholes. My security teacher was showin' us how to do this this past week. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Participants will not receive notification that a donor received a refund. Regardless of the cause, Extra Life apparently made up for lost time in between interruptions: as of the wee hours of the morning, this year’s event had already raised over $3 million so far, with several hours still left to go in the marathon. The Globe and Mail Globe Covers Story of Senior Canadian Government Advisor Nizam Siddiqui I Exposed as Antisemite, Biden’s daily blunder: confuses PPP with PPE, Latest Polling: Trump Up 11 Points in Ohio — Five Points in Battleground Florida — Up in Arizona. All in all, we can rest assured that the attack on the site was not as devastating as it was unnecessary and simply repugnant. It's less brave, too, because on the freeway you can actually get identified pretty easily. It takes a real sick fuck to have it out for hurting kids. Players of Combat Arms will be treated to a new special update next week, January 18. We’re SOOOOO blown away by the inspiring ways the Extra Life community is standing up in support of sick and injured kids across North America. Whoever the cunt is needs a hard kick in the head. An article on a DDoS ought to explain what a DDoS is. While the attack may have gotten in the way of some people donating, it looks like there's still plenty of people braving the DDoS and making sure that the money is raised to help the kids. Who would anyone DDoS a charity event? A DDoS takes about as much effort as causing a major traffic jam by getting a few people together to slow down their cars on the freeway. The site’s technology provider DonorDrive said the site suffered a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. From video games to board games, Extra Lifers do what they love to … You’ve worked hard year-round to make this another record-breaking year #ForTheKids treated at CMN Hospitals and we will fight back with an overwhelming avalanche of positivity and patience to still make that a reality. Please read this important note from Jeromy: Dear friends, We’ve discovered that the Extra Life website experienced a DDoS … Significant amounts of traffic can sometimes be misinterpreted as a DDoS though. Until the official announcement I wouldn't go on it though. Team Extra Life “We’re all still a little stunned someone would want to hurt a program that’s helping hospitalized kids,” said Jeromy ‘Doc’ Adams, Extra Life’s founder and a director at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. We are Extra Life, an online grassroots movement working to save local kids through the power of play. Scumbags. All personal information on the site was and continues to be safe,” said Levy. Do people ever get caught doing this? Extra-Life.org is accepting donations for member children’s hospitals through Dec. 31, 2013 and thousands more players have continued to sign up Monday. The truth of the matter is that some people are trying to use a DDoS attack to spoil Game Day, but we’re not going to let them do that. However, imagine if a mad scientist creates robots all over the place that will call the call center all at once. Extra Life Raises $3.7 Million Despite DDoS Attack, Dungeon Defenders II Series EV2 Spotlight, Battlefield Hardline Alcatraz Behind the Scenes. They kinda fixed it. The event works much in the way runners and walk-a-thons raise money for charity:  thousands of gamers sign up to play, backed by pledges of support. Here is what happened and what DonorDrive is doing to fix any lingering issues. We can overcome this together. Extra Life is in its sixth year and was created by Adams in 2008 to honor his friend, the late Victoria ‘Tori’ Enmon, a 15-year-old Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals patient who played video games during her battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Not a good idea. Some men just want to watch the world burn. More than 31,000 players rallied together over the weekend raising $3.7 million to-date for Extra Life, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals gaming fundraiser, despite malicious attacks to the program’s donation website, extra-life.org. Where/how can I donate? The official website for Extra Life 2013 is experiencing downtime due to a DDoS attack, according to an update from founder and director Jeromy Adams on the organization's Facebook page. Some people have been performing a DDoS attack to take down the main Extra Life charity's website on the day of the charity stream. Also read they're attacking Youtubers raising money for them too. I am not sure what kind of person would DDoS a charitable initiative. Participants will see these donations marked as anonymous as we don’t know which donors selected that preference or not. While some people might think that DDoS attacks are a good way to show off, a DDoS isn't hard to pull off. Some people have been performing a DDoS attack to take down the main Extra Life charity's website on the day of the charity stream. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. What that meant for donors and Extra Life participants is their fundraising pages and donation forms became unavailable for most of Saturday, November 2, one of Extra Life’s key fundraising days.

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