WoT Sites Victim of Cyber Attacks? Read ...
I've had intermittant troubles refreshing and accessing the forum here. Am unable at THIS Moment (1:40 am) to create a new topic to even raise this question ... so will post it when/if I can.
Could it be related to a slew of Online Game Site Attacks (including WoT)? See the following story from IGN.com:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/12/31/hacker-group-derp-takes-down-multiple-online-gaming-servers
And HERE is what Wikipedia has to say about the attacks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derp_(hacker_group)
Google for related stuff.
Note the reports about WoT NA going offline. Also note the date and time when WoT was reported to have been taken down.
1:50am: My attempt to login to the NA East server was hung on "Logging in" ... then an error message ... then a notification that "Autologin has expired: Please re-enter password".
I have NOT re-entered my password for obvious reasons ... until I am sure that my account will be secure.
Beware.
The Portal (ie. http://worldoftanks.com/) was available, and I could look up players stats pages ... but could NOT access "Forum", or "Wiki", or "Support" from the Portal page.
Keep your eyes open for suspicious stuff.
...Jesse