'Pokemon GO' Update: Hacker Group OurMine, PoodleCorp Claim Credit Over Game's Crashed Servers [VIDEO]
Pokémon GO's servers have been pretty unstable since the game was officially launched. Recently, however, logging into the augmented reality game has become a lot more difficult, frustrating thousands of Pokémon fans around the world. Now, two hacker groups have claimed responsibility for Pokémon GO's server crashes, claiming that they have initiated a powerful Disturbed Denial of Service, or DDoS, attack on Niantic's servers.
One of the hacker groups, PoodleCorp, had attracted some media attention recently after it attracted a number of YouTube channels. Among PoodleCorp's victims was WatchMojo, which is one of the largest channels in the entire website, with millions of subscribers and thousands of videos that have been uploaded over the years.
What is particularly aggravating was that PoodleCorp eventually announced that the DDos attack on Pokémon GO was just a little test. The hacker group cryptically claimed that it would be initiating something "on a larger scale" very soon.
It's not just PoodleCorp that has claimed responsibility for the Pokémon GO server crashes, however, as another hacking team, OurMine, has also stated that they are behind the DDoS attack on the augmented reality game's servers. Just like PoodleCorp, OurMine has recently attracted the attention of the media, after the group was successfully able to hack social media accounts of tech celebrities such as Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey.
In a statement, OurMine proudly declared that the hacker group would not allow anyone to play the game unless a representative from Pokémon GO would contact them.
"No one will be able to play this game till Pokémon GO contact us on our website to teach them how to protect it!" the group announced.
Unlike PoodleCorp's announcement, however, which seemed to indicate that the group was simply doing damage to Pokémon GO, OurMine claims that its DDoS attack on the servers of Pokémon GO is simply their way of teaching its developers how to better secure the hyper-popular game.
Unsurprisingly, the attacks on the game's servers have not been received very well by players of the popular title. A number of Pokémon GO fans have voiced out their frustration online, stating that the hacker groups are not doing anything good by shutting down the game.
Niantic Labs, Pokémon GO's developer, has stated that it is already working to address the attacks on the game's servers. In a recent announcement, the developer assured users that the problems have been identified and addressed and that players can once more go out and search for Pokémon to capture in the real world.
