Hacker Collective Claims Responsibility For EVE Online, Minecraft Cyber Attacks

Hacker collective Lulzsec on Tuesday claimed responsibility for cyber attacks on services for online games Minecraft from Mojang and CCP's EVE Online, as well as popular gaming website The Escapist.

The moves against these targets are the latest in a string of reported
cyber attacks against video game makers. Such attacks have gained
notoriety in the wake of the major security breach against Sony's
PlayStation Network in April.

The new Lulzsec attacks - apparently DDoS attacks that overwhelm a server with requests - come shortly after the group claimed responsibility for breaching Bethesda Softworks' game servers.

"We just wiped out the login server for Eve Online, and it accidentally took their website out at the same time," Lulzsec's Twitter feed stated Tuesday afternoon.

Minutes prior, the group said it took down the website for The Escapist:
"We're firing at Escapist Magazine with around 0.4% of our total
ammunition. Let's see what their admins are made of - game is on,
folks."

And most recently on Tuesday, the group said it knocked out Minecraft's servers. "Just sunk the Minecraft login server, looks like their website also got hit from overkill: http://t.co/E3QnDYm not even firing at the site." The group later said Minecraft.net is now accessible but servers are "100 percent down."

On Twitter, the group, which calls itself "the world's leaders in
high-quality entertainment at your expense," has dubbed today
"#TitanicTakeoverTuesday."

Recently, Lulzsec also claimed responsibility for an intrusion on Nintendo servers.