Battle.NET was taken down by a DDOS attack 1 hour ago. The latest news shows that they’re aware of the problem and working on a solution. The official forum post can be located here (https://t.co/2hKQ6L7kt0).
Hacker group Poodle Corp has taken credit for the attack:
(EU & US) Blizzard #Offline #PoodleCorp @BlizzardCS @PoodlesInBlack @Gh0stPoodle
— PoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) August 3, 2016
Lube has been applied @BlizzardCS
— Gh0st (@Gh0stPoodle) August 2, 2016
These are the same group of hackers responsible for the Pokemon Go attacks last month.
Update:
Looks like they’re ending the DDOS now, and moving to another gaming network, yet to be named.
We're done for now @BlizzardCS
— Gh0st (@Gh0stPoodle) August 3, 2016
Switching attack to another gaming network soon
— PoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) August 3, 2016
Update 2:
Confirmed as of 1940 MST Battle.NET is up and accepting log-ins. They’ve updated their breaking news below:
Looks like they’re not owning up to the full scale of the incident.