Hey SG, we were experiencing slow load times for the past 4 hours. It looked like a DDoS attack, and the logs showed an extra 200+ page views a second to our homepage from a thousand different IP addresses. I wrote some code to help identify and block the incoming requests that appear suspicious, so the load on our database server is back to normal, and performance should be restored.

I'll continue to keep on eye on things, but in the meantime please let me know if any of your legitimate requests are redirected to a blocked page. Thanks!

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Thanks

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Good job and thanks for letting us know <3

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to me looks more like thousand of people on vacation. xD

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Someone didint win a game...

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should note down that people add steamgifts to there VPN/Add block whitelist to avoid getting blocked

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Damn... Thanks for the explanation!

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PSA to attackers - next time you ddos my favourite steam site, I'm going to create a defense shield from 110k ASF botnet :3.

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DOOOO EEEET!

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Go for it NOW!

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ArchiBot defence system activated, people need to be careful since he went Gold!

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We're lucky you use your power for good.

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Hmm, Konrads revenge? xD

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not smart enough, not saying as a joke but the truth

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haha - a Konrads sympathizer organization?

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I think they're celebrating 2017 new year

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Probably someone refreshing to check their ban status. :X

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Thats 5 refresh per sec = 300 refreshes per min ..

steamgifts police ,arrest Tzaar for attempted DDoS attack under Group A ( section 1)

kbye.

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They'll never take me alive. :X

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Good job!

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Good job cg! I mostly noticed the slow load times on the main page. Discussions were, mostly, fine for me

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thanks for the information and the work

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Good job boss. ;)

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Where you already longer support, or just recently? never saw a comment from you that I can remember ( and the Support tag is an eye catcher) ^^

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It will be two years in March I think. I rarely post on discussions.

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ah that explains. Was wondering if you where part of the new support group where CG talked about, needed to check if I had to congratulate or not ^^

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Had you noticed other DDoS, when SEO is using "FREE STEAM GAMES" or similar?

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good job cg, we can always count on you =p.

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Thanks for clarifying! I'm going to have to change to a new computer. . .

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keep up the good work and HNY (hilarious new york)

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Great job, cg!

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Nice, good job !
And thanks for giving us news !

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As usual, great job, CG.

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poor leeches got banned for cheating and now they want revenge!

how sweet <3

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Wow, that's quite a bit of effort for somebody. Keep fighting the good fight.

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Damn, I was so sure it was a DDOS attack. No way my internet would lag that much! xD

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