Valve's PC gaming platform Steam, which have almost 65 million users, appears to have been the latest victim of a Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) attack by Anonymous hackers. The Steam service is now down for maintenance, according to CVG, after being struck by network outages.
Steam is now become the fourth large-scale gaming platform to be hit by DDoS attacks from Anonymous hackers in the last week. EA's games, Blizzard's Battle.net and League Of Legends are also been targeted.
DDoS starts when hackers flood targeted servers or networks with artificial traffic, causing them to be suspended or to slow to a crawl.
The gaming media is reporting that a different hacker groups have claimed responsibility for that attacks. One group, DERP, claimed through there twitter account that they are responsible for the attacks on Origin and Battle.net also. CVG says that another group, chFTheCat, said it's part of the group that targeted Steam, but that this is still unconfirmed.
It's a suspicious start of the year for Valve, who closed out 2013 on something a buzz; the first Steam Machines - Valve's bid for space in the living room - were unveiled, while the beta for the Linux-based Steam OS became available for installation.
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