Daybreak slammed with apparent DDoS attack [Updated]

The most recent updates are toward the bottom of this post. This article is still being updated as of July 12th.

Daybreak is currently suffering an apparent DDoS attack. Daybreak President John Smedley tweeted about the attack earlier this afternoon, suggesting the ensuing outage would be a brief one, but that hasn’t been the case.

Getting a minor DDOS. We're working on it. should be back up soon. #annoying

— John Smedley (@j_smedley) July 9, 2015

Tweets on the studio’s official account confirmed connection issues with all of the studios’ MMOs and websites. As of press time tonight (9:30 p.m. EDT), Daybreak has no ETA for the restoration of services.

We are currently investigating reported issues with connectivity both in-game and on our websites/forums. Thank you for your patience.

— Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) July 9, 2015

We are working to resolve the current connectivity issues. Thank you for your continued patience.

— Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) July 9, 2015

All games, websites, and forums are still impacted. We do not have an ETA for when services will be restored.

— Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) July 10, 2015

Smed’s been in the news this week following the sentencing of 17-year-old Lizard Squad member Julius “zeekill” Kivimaki in the first of many planned Finnish prosecutions for Kivimaki’s hacking, swatting, and credit card fraud crimes. Kivimaki is further accused of executing the bomb threat that diverted Smedley’s plane last August as well as targeted attacks on the PlayStation Network over Christmas. The Daybreak President has been outspoken about Kivimaki’s sentence, explaining to players on Reddit his frustration with the ongoing harassment he’s suffered from Kivimaki and Lizard Squad since last year.

It is not immediately clear whether Lizard Squad is responsible for the ongoing outages, though this is probably a good clue: