All TopGames Casinos are Down! DDos Attacks!!

**shahran84** · 22nd November 2011, 05:11 PM

Any topgame casino fans here? All of the casinos are down due to DDos Attacks on their servers, here's the official statement from the management topgame:

Hello to all,

My name is Scott and I am an online rep for Topgame Technology. I would like to post this official statement from Topgame management regarding the recent attack:

"To Whom It May Concern,
Starting on November 16th and still ongoing, Topgame has been under a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service Attack). The attack targeted one of our Licensees, and quite quickly after shifted towards Topgame as further attempt to damage the Licensee. We are still experiencing the attack at this moment and are continuously working on stabilizing the system. The attack does not affect all Licensees equally.

Following intensive communication with the attackers we came to realize that they were trying to dictate, to us and our licensees, operational terms and conditions. This seems to be a regular business practice for them. Rest assured, Topgame does NOT negotiate with criminals. We are working with the best anti-cybercrime companies in order to prevent any additional DDoS attacks or other crimes against our systems.

To our surprise, recent investigation has revealed that the attacker does not only own and manage several online casinos and a fairly known affiliate program, but has also recently launched his own gaming software.

Based on this information, we consider this no less than unlawful attempt to physically destroy whoever he considers 'in his way'. The names and all personal info of the attackers are at our possession and we will report the people involved to the higher authorities.
We can state with 100% certainty that we'd rather be under attack than negotiate with them. We are fighting back to protect our systems and Licensees as well as anyone else who may be a victim of these illegal actions.

Your help and understanding will give us the strength to continue fighting for what is right in this industry. We shall NOT allow criminals to dictate the operation of this industry by force of threats and take-downs!

It is important to bear in mind that once this happens to one Licensee today, tomorrow it will easily be done to another, to a site owner, or an affiliate like you.

Once again, we would like to thank you for your understanding.

Topgame Management"

Thank you all very much,

Scott
Topgame Technology

**anniemac** · 22nd November 2011, 05:14 PM

Wouldn't it be a hoot to know who it was?

**shahran84** · 22nd November 2011, 05:15 PM

Not sure who it was.. but I hope they solved it as soon as possible. Or else, they will be losing alot of customers.
It's been already more than a week the server is down and up, down and up! *phew*

**Casinomeister** · 22nd November 2011, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Topgame

...To our surprise, recent investigation has revealed that the attacker does not only own and manage several online casinos and a fairly known affiliate program, but has also recently launched his own gaming software...

Interesting. Casinomeister was hit by a massive ddos attack in March 2010. I always assumed it was a recently added rogue. It will be interesting to compare notes when it's over.

**LHofsdal** · 22nd November 2011, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Interesting. Casinomeister was hit by a massive ddos attack in March 2010. I always assumed it was a recently added rogue. It will be interesting to compare notes when it's over.

How horrible, and if it was someone who was recently added as a rogue, how pathetic is that? I mean really, they are the ones that did something unethical or wronged someone, and then have the nerve to try and disprupt the forum you provide to all people in the industry, players, affliates the casinos themselves.

Is there anyway to find out how is behind all of this and if they do find out who is behind this, is there any legal recourse anyone can take against these idiots launching the attacks?

LH

**Casinomeister** · 22nd November 2011, 09:30 PM

Looks like Rome Casino/Top Gaming is accusing Affactive of this ddos attack.
http://www.gpwa.org/forum/romepartne...tml#post670391

That's one heck of an accusation. I hope TopGame has proof.

**slotjunkie** · 22nd November 2011, 09:47 PM

Scaaaarweeee!

**danielg** · 22nd November 2011, 10:19 PM

Hi,

Just wanted to say that we still don't have the full picture, but for sure have nothing to do with that.

Our RTG brands are under DDOS attack for the past few hours. It's almost blocked and will be solved shortly.

**jetset** · 22nd November 2011, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Looks like Rome Casino/Top Gaming is accusing Affactive of this ddos attack.
http://www.gpwa.org/forum/romepartne...tml#post670391

That's one heck of an accusation. I hope TopGame has proof.

That is one interesting thread at GPWA with accusations, denials and plenty of speculation...but thus far apparently no concrete proof.

That said, Topgame appear confident enough to stand by their very serious accusation against affactive.

It is going to be fascinating to see how this pans out and whether it leads to civil or criminal litigation.

**Casinomeister** · 22nd November 2011, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by jetset

That is one interesting thread at GPWA with accusations, denials and plenty of speculation...but thus far apparently no concrete proof.

That said, Topgame appear confident enough to stand by their very serious accusation against affactive.

It is going to be fascinating to see how this pans out and whether it leads to civil or criminal litigation.

It might make the LAC conference much more entertaining.

Rome Casino must be confident. I would never make any comment like this unless my lawyer had written it for me