Following the news that hacking group PoodleCorp has taken responsibility for taking down Pokemon Go in the US and Europe using a DDoS attack, Stephanie Weagle, Senior Director at Corero Network Security commented below.
Stephanie Weagle, Senior Director at Corero Network Security:
“DDoS attack tools are easily procured and at low cost allowing any creative attacker the ability to cause service disruptions at a click of a mouse.
“Traditional security infrastructure, or legacy DDoS mitigation solutions are not sufficient to handle the flood of DDoS attacks, especially since attackers have become more savvy in their techniques; launching low-level, multi-vector attacks that evade scrubbing solutions. In-line, automated DDoS mitigation is the only effective defense in the world of online gaming.”