DDoS attack on Blizzard's Battle.net disrupts game access
On November 12, 2026, Blizzard's Battle.net suffered a DDoS attack, causing connection delays, login failures and disconnections across multiple games. Blizzard confirmed the attack and worked to mitigate it, and about an hour after the attack began, the warning disappeared and users reported reconnecting. Further connection problems occurred the same day, but the cause of the second disruption was not confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Blizzard
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-11-12
- Scale of damage
- Connection delays, login failures and disconnections across multiple games
- Cause / method
- DDoS attack targeting Battle.net
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- A DDoS attack on Battle.net began at around 9:50 a.m. KST, disrupting access to multiple games.
- About an hour after the attack began, the warning disappeared and users reported reconnecting.
- Further connection problems occurred, but their cause was not confirmed.
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